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Journal of the House - 33rd Day - Thursday, April 3, 2003
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, April 3, 2003
Prayer was offered by Pastor John Keller, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, Minnesota.
Dorn, Kelliher, Simpson and Strachan were excused.
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"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.06, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a. [FACULTY DENTISTS.] (a) Faculty members of a school of dentistry must be licensed or registered in order to practice dentistry as defined in section 150A.05. The board may issue to members of the faculty of a school of dentistry a license designated as either a "limited faculty license" or a "full faculty license" entitling the holder to practice dentistry within the school and its affiliated teaching facilities, but only for the purposes of instructing or conducting research. The practice of dentistry at a school facility for purposes other than instruction or research is not allowed unless the faculty member is licensed under subdivision 1 or is a faculty member on August 1, 1993 terms described in paragraph (b) or (c). The dean of the school of dentistry and program directors of accredited Minnesota dental hygiene or dental assisting schools shall certify to the board those members of the school's faculty who practice dentistry but are not licensed to practice dentistry in Minnesota. A faculty member who practices dentistry as defined in section 150A.05, before beginning duties in the school of dentistry, shall apply to the board for a limited or full faculty license. The license expires the next July 1 and may, at the discretion of the board, be renewed on a yearly basis. The faculty applicant shall pay a nonrefundable fee set by the board for issuing and renewing the faculty license. The faculty license is valid during the time the holder remains a member of the faculty of a school of dentistry and subjects the holder to this chapter. This subdivision takes effect on September 1 following the date that the rules adopted under this subdivision become effective.
(b) The board may issue to dentist members of the faculty of an accredited Minnesota school of dentistry, dental hygiene, or dental assisting a license designated as a limited faculty license entitling the holder to practice dentistry within the school and its affiliated teaching facilities, but only for the purposes of instructing or conducting research. The practice of dentistry at a school facility for purposes other than instruction or research is not allowed unless the faculty member is licensed under subdivision 1 or is a faculty member on August 1, 1993.
(c) The board may issue to dentist members of the faculty of an accredited Minnesota school of dentistry, dental hygiene, or dental assisting a license designated as a full faculty license entitling the holder to practice dentistry within the school and its affiliated teaching facilities and elsewhere if the holder of the license is employed 50
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percent time or more by the school in the practice of teaching or research, and upon successful review by the board of the applicant's qualifications as described in subdivisions 1c and 4. The board, at its discretion, may waive specific licensing prerequisites.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 2d. [VOLUNTEER AND RETIRED DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANTS.] (a) The board shall grant a waiver to the continuing education requirements under this chapter for a dentist, dental hygienist, or registered dental assistant who documents to the satisfaction of the board that the dentist, dental hygienist, or registered dental assistant has retired from active practice in the state and limits the provision of dental care services to those offered without compensation in a public health, community, or tribal clinic or a nonprofit organization that provides services to the indigent or to recipients of medical assistance, general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare programs.
(b) The board may require written documentation from the volunteer and retired dentist, dental hygienist, or registered dental assistant prior to granting this waiver.
(c) The board shall require the volunteer and retired dentist, dental hygienist, or registered dental assistant to meet the following requirements:
(1) a licensee or registrant seeking a waiver under this subdivision must complete at least five hours of approved courses in infection control, medical emergencies, and medical management for the license period; and
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [WAIVER OF EXAMINATION.] (a) All or any part of the examination for dentists or dental hygienists, except that pertaining to the law of Minnesota relating to dentistry and the rules of the board, may, at the discretion of the board, be waived for an applicant who presents a certificate of qualification from the national board of dental examiners or evidence of having maintained an adequate scholastic standing as determined by the board, in dental school as to dentists, or dental hygiene school as to dental hygienists.
(b) Effective January 1, 2004, the board may waive the clinical examination required for licensure for any applicant who is a graduate of a dental school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American Dental Association or an equivalent organization as determined by the board, who has successfully completed Parts I and II of National Boards, and who has satisfactorily completed a postdoctoral general dentistry residency program accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American Dental Association if the program is of at least one year's duration and includes an outcome assessment evaluation assessing the resident's competence to practice dentistry. The board may require the applicant to submit any information deemed necessary by the board to determine whether the waiver is applicable.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.10, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a. [LIMITED AUTHORIZATION FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS.] (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a dental hygienist licensed under this chapter may be employed or retained by a health care facility, program, or nonprofit organization to perform dental hygiene services described under paragraph (b) without the patient first being examined by a licensed dentist if the dental hygienist:
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(1) has two years practical clinical experience with a licensed dentist within the preceding five years has been engaged in the active practice of clinical dental hygiene for not less than 2,400 hours in the past 18 months or a career total of 3,000 hours, including a minimum of 200 hours of clinical practice in two of the past three years; and
(4) maintains current certification in advanced or basic cardiac life support as recognized by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another agency that is equivalent to the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
(2) removal of deposits and stains from the surfaces of the teeth,;
(4) polishing and smoothing restorations,;
(5) removal of marginal overhangs,;
(6) performance of preliminary charting,;
(7) taking of radiographs,; and
(8) performance of scaling and root planing and soft-tissue curettage. The dental hygienist shall not place pit and fissure sealants, unless the patient has been recently examined and the treatment planned by a licensed dentist.
The dental hygienist shall not perform injections of anesthetic agents or the administration of nitrous oxide unless under the indirect supervision of a licensed dentist. Collaborating dental hygienists may work with unregistered and registered dental assistants who may only perform duties for which registration is not required. The performance of dental hygiene services in a health care facility, program, or nonprofit organization as authorized under this subdivision is limited to patients, students, and residents of the facility, program, or organization.
(1) consideration for medically compromised patients and medical conditions for which a dental evaluation and treatment plan must occur prior to the provision of dental hygiene services; and
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The collaborative agreement must be signed and maintained by the dentist and, the dental hygienist, and the facility, program, or organization; must be reviewed annually by the collaborating dentist and dental hygienist; and must be made available to the board upon request.
(e) For the purposes of this subdivision, a "health care facility, program, or nonprofit organization" is limited to a hospital; nursing home; home health agency; group home serving the elderly, disabled, or juveniles; state-operated facility licensed by the commissioner of human services or the commissioner of corrections; and federal, state, or local public health facility, community clinic, or tribal clinic, school authority, Head Start program, or nonprofit organization that serves individuals who are uninsured or who are Minnesota health care public program recipients.
(e) (f) For purposes of this subdivision, a "collaborative agreement" means a written agreement with a licensed dentist who authorizes and accepts responsibility for the services performed by the dental hygienist. The services authorized under this subdivision and the collaborative agreement may be performed without the presence of a licensed dentist and may be performed at a location other than the usual place of practice of the dentist or dental hygienist and without a dentist's diagnosis and treatment plan, unless specified in the collaborative agreement.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.10, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [RESTORATIVE PROCEDURES.] Notwithstanding subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2, a licensed dental hygienist or a registered dental assistant may perform the following restorative procedures:
(4) place, contour, and adjust class I and class V supragingival composite restorations where the margins are entirely within the enamel, if:
(i) the licensed dental hygienist or the registered dental assistant has completed a board-approved course on the specific procedures;
(ii) the board-approved course includes a component that sufficiently prepares the dental hygienist or registered dental assistant to adjust the occlusion on the newly placed restoration;
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(iii) the dental faculty teaching the dental hygiene and registered dental assistant educators who will teach expanded restorative duties courses have prior experience teaching these procedures in an accredited dental education program;
(iv) a licensed dentist has authorized the procedure to be performed; and
(v) a licensed dentist is available in the clinic while the procedure is being performed.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.55, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [DUTIES.] The advisory committee shall provide recommendations on the following:
(1) how to reduce the administrative burden governing dental care coverage policies in order to promote administrative simplification, including prior authorization, coverage limits, and co-payment collections developing a new model for purchasing, administering, and delivering dental care services to public program recipients based on public health principles;
(2) developing and implementing an action plan to improve the oral health of children and persons with special needs in the state exploring innovative ways to develop workforce solutions to ensure access to dental care statewide; and
(3) exploring alternative ways of purchasing and improving access to dental services;
(4) developing ways to foster greater responsibility among health care program recipients in seeking and obtaining dental care, including initiatives to keep dental appointments and comply with dental care plans;
(5) exploring innovative ways for dental providers to schedule public program patients in order to reduce or minimize the effect of appointment no shows;
(6) exploring ways to meet the barriers that may be present in providing dental services to health care program recipients such as language, culture, disability, and lack of transportation; and
(7) exploring the possibility of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurse practitioners providing basic oral health screenings and basic preventive dental services identifying data needed to effectively evaluate the dental care needs of the state.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [REPORT.] The commissioner shall submit a report by February 1, 2002, and by each February 1, 2003 thereafter, summarizing the activities and recommendations of the advisory committee.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.55, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [SUNSET.] Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, this section expires June 30, 2003 2007.
Sec. 9. [URGENT CARE DENTAL CLINIC.]
The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the dental access advisory committee, is requested to report on the feasibility of developing one or more urgent care dental clinics. The primary purpose of an urgent care dental clinic is to provide recipients of medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare with an alternative to receiving dental care services in hospital emergency rooms. The commissioner shall determine if
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savings from the reduction in dental care provided in emergency rooms would warrant the construction of urgent care facilities. The commissioner may seek funding for the construction and operation of a dental urgent care clinic from the federal government as authorized by Congress under the dental health improvement provisions of the Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act of 2002.
Section 3 expires on August 1, 2008."
"A bill for an act relating to health; modifying dental practice provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 150A.06, subdivisions 1a, 3, by adding a subdivision; 150A.10, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision; 256B.55, subdivisions 3, 4, 5."
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [STANDARDS.] (a) The facility must meet the minimum health, sanitation, safety and comfort standards prescribed by the rules of the commissioner of health with respect to the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of a nursing home. The commissioner of health may temporarily waive compliance with one or more of the standards if the commissioner determines that:
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(a) (1) temporary noncompliance with the standard will not create an imminent risk of harm to a nursing home resident; and
(b) (2) a controlling person on behalf of all other controlling persons:
(1) (i) has entered into a contract to obtain the materials or labor necessary to meet the standard set by the commissioner of health, but the supplier or other contractor has failed to perform the terms of the contract and the inability of the nursing home to meet the standard is due solely to that failure; or
(2) (ii) is otherwise making a diligent good faith effort to meet the standard.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 11. [INCONTINENT RESIDENTS.] Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 4658.0520, an incontinent resident must be checked according to a specific time interval written in the resident's care plan. The resident's attending physician must authorize in writing any interval longer than two hours unless the resident, if competent, or a family member or legally appointed conservator, guardian, or health care agent of a resident who is not competent, agrees in writing to waive physician involvement in determining this interval.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.10, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:
Subd. 6b. [FINES FOR FEDERAL CERTIFICATION DEFICIENCIES.] If the commissioner determines that a nursing home or certified boarding care home does not meet a requirement of section 1919(b), (c), or (d), of the Social Security Act, or any regulation adopted under that section of the Social Security Act, the nursing home or certified boarding care home may be assessed a civil fine for each day of noncompliance and until a notice of correction is received by the commissioner under subdivision 7. Money collected because of these fines must be applied to the protection of the health or property of residents of nursing facilities the commissioner finds deficient or used by the commissioner to reimburse the office of administrative hearings for costs related to arbitration, as provided under subdivision 16. A fine for a specific deficiency may not exceed $500 for each day of noncompliance. The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing a schedule of fines.
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Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.10, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 16. [INDEPENDENT INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION.] (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 15, a facility certified under the federal Medicare or Medicaid programs may request from the commissioner, in writing, an independent informal dispute resolution process regarding any deficiency citation issued to the facility. The facility must specify in its written request each deficiency citation that it disputes. The commissioner shall provide a hearing under sections 14.57 to 14.62. Upon the written request of the facility, the parties must submit the issues raised to arbitration by an administrative law judge.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.434, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10. [EXEMPTIONS.] (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, (1) a facility that has entered into a contract under this section is not required to file a cost report, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9549.0020, subpart 13, for any year after the base year that is the basis for the calculation of the contract payment rate for the
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first rate year of the alternative payment demonstration project contract; and (2) a facility under contract is not subject to audits of historical costs or revenues, or paybacks or retroactive adjustments based on these costs or revenues, except audits, paybacks, or adjustments relating to the cost report that is the basis for calculation of the first rate year under the contract.
(f) Nursing facilities participating in the alternative payment system demonstration project must either participate in the alternative payment system quality improvement program or submit information on their own quality improvement process to the commissioner for approval. Nursing facilities that have had their own quality improvement process approved by the commissioner must report results for at least one key area of quality improvement annually to the commissioner.
Sec. 6. [IMPOSITION OF FEDERAL CERTIFICATION REMEDIES.]
The commissioner of health shall seek changes in the federal policy that mandates the imposition of federal sanctions without providing an opportunity for a nursing facility to correct deficiencies, solely as the result of previous deficiencies issued to the nursing facility.
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Sec. 7. [STATE LICENSURE ACTIVITIES AND THE ISSUANCE OF STATE CORRECTION ORDERS.]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.10, during the biennium ending June 30, 2005, the commissioner of health shall not conduct surveys or complaint investigations, or issue correction orders or penalty assessments, under the provisions of Minnesota Rules, chapters 4638 and 4655 and parts 4658.0010 to 4658.2090, in nursing homes or boarding care homes that are certified for participation in the federal Medicaid or Medicare programs.
During that biennium, the commissioner of health shall establish a working group consisting of nursing home and boarding care home providers, representatives of nursing home residents, and other health care providers to review and evaluate the continued appropriateness of current survey and investigation procedures. The commissioner of health shall present recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2005.
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H. F. No. 501, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating membership travel contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 325G.50; 325G.51; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
H. F. No. 561, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring uniform mandatory penalties against license holders and a licensee's employees for sales to minors; providing for mitigating circumstances in assessing penalties; requiring administrative penalties for failure to electronically verify the age of persons purchasing tobacco; requiring electronic age verification for each sale of tobacco; authorizing a private right of action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 461.12, subdivisions 2, 6; 461.19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 461.
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Subd. 2. [ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES; LICENSEES.] (a) If a licensee or employee of a licensee sells tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years, or violates any other provision of this chapter, the licensee shall be charged an administrative penalty of $75 up to $500. An administrative penalty of $200 up to a maximum of $1,000 must be imposed for a second violation at the same location within 24 months after the initial violation. An administrative penalty of up to a maximum of $5,000 may be imposed for a third violation at the same location within 24 months after the initial violation. For a third subsequent violation at the same location within 24 months after the initial violation, both of the following must be imposed:
(1) an administrative penalty of $250 must be imposed, and $5,000;
(2) failure to effectively train or retrain any employee on applicable laws and how to prevent sales of tobacco to minors; or
(3) failure to adopt and enforce a written employee policy to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors.
(d) In determining the amount of a penalty and the length of a license suspension, the local licensing authority shall take into consideration as mitigating circumstances evidence provided by a licensee of a licensee's adoption and enforcement of a written employee policy to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors, a licensee's training program to instruct employees on applicable laws and how to prevent sales of tobacco to minors, a licensee's adoption and imposition of disciplinary sanctions for employee noncompliance with the licensee's policies, a licensee's policy of conducting voluntary internal compliance checks to test compliance with section 609.685, and whether a licensee or a licensee's employee verified the age of the customer during the transaction in question and reasonably relied on the age verification to complete the sale. A decision that a violation has occurred must be in writing and must include a summary of the mitigating circumstances considered by the local licensing authority in assessing a penalty or a license suspension.
Sections 461.12 to 461.18 do not preempt a local ordinance that provides for more restrictive regulation of tobacco sales, except that on and after the effective date of this act, a licensing authority shall not assess or impose a penalty on a licensee or an employee of a licensee that is greater than the administrative penalties set forth in section 461.12, subdivisions 2 and 3. A governing body shall give notice of its intention to consider adoption or substantial
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amendment of any local ordinance required under section 461.12 or permitted under this section. The governing body shall take reasonable steps to send notice by mail at least 30 days prior to the meeting to the last known address of each licensee or person required to hold a license under section 461.12. The notice shall state the time, place, and date of the meeting and the subject matter of the proposed ordinance.
Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 461.12, subdivision 2, as amended by section 1 and Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 461.12, subdivision 3, are repealed effective June 1, 2007.
"A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring uniform mandatory penalties against license holders and a licensee's employees for sales to minors; providing for mitigating circumstances in assessing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 461.12, subdivision 2; 461.19; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 461.12, subdivisions 2, 3."
H. F. No. 564, A bill for an act relating to the open meeting law; authorizing the commissioner of administration to issue written opinions regarding compliance with the law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 13.072, subdivisions 1, 2.
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"Sec. 3. [13D.065] [COMMISSIONER'S OPINION.]
A public body that is subject to this chapter or a person who disagrees with the manner in which members of a public body perform their duties under this chapter may request a written opinion from the commissioner of administration under section 13.072."
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With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law without further recommendation.
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"(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may issue an adult foster care license with a capacity of six adults when the capacity is recommended by the county licensing agency of the county in which the facility is located and if the recommendation verifies that:
(2) the six-bed living arrangement is specified for each resident in the resident's: (i) individualized plan of care; (ii) individual service plan under section 256B.092, subdivision 1b, if required; or (iii) individual resident placement agreement under Minnesota Rules, part 9555.5105, subpart 19, if required; and
(3) the license holder obtains written and signed informed consent from each resident or each resident's legal representative documenting the resident's informed choice to living in the home and that the resident's refusal to consent would not have resulted in service termination."
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"Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 245A.10, is amended to read:
245A.10 [FEES.]
(a) The commissioner shall charge a fee for evaluation of applications and inspection of programs, other than family day care and foster care, which are licensed under this chapter. The commissioner may charge a fee for the licensing of school age child care programs, in an amount sufficient to cover the cost to the state agency of processing the license.
(b) Pursuant to section 119B.125, a county agency may charge a fee to a legal nonlicensed child care provider or applicant equal to the actual cost of conducting a criminal background check, up to a maximum of $100.
(c) Counties may allow providers to pay the applicant fees in paragraph (b) on an installment basis for up to one year. If the provider is receiving child care assistance payments from the state, the provider may have the fees under paragraph (b) deducted from the child care assistance payments for up to one year and the state shall reimburse the county for the county fees collected in this manner."
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"Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 466.03, subdivision 6d, is amended to read:
Subd. 6d. [LICENSING AND AUTHORIZATION OF PROVIDERS.] A claim against a municipality based on the failure of a provider to meet the standards needed for a license to operate a day care facility under chapter 245A for children, unless the municipality had actual knowledge of a failure to meet licensing standards that resulted in a dangerous condition that foreseeably threatened the plaintiff or to meet the standards needed for authorization as a provider for the child care assistance program under chapter 119B. A municipality shall be immune from liability
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for a claim arising out of a provider's use of a swimming pool located at a family day care or group family day care home under section 245A.14, subdivision 10, unless the municipality had actual knowledge of a provider's failure to meet the licensing standards under section 245A.14, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), that resulted in a dangerous condition that foreseeably threatened the plaintiff."
Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "permitting a county fee for a criminal background check;"
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Page 1, line 21, after the period, insert "In assessing the fiscal benefit of the rule, the commissioner shall consider the fiscal impact on the political subdivision requesting the local impact note if the rule is not adopted."
"Subd. 2. [FEE.] The commissioner of finance may bill the political subdivision requesting the local fiscal impact and fiscal benefit note up to $35 per hour for time spent preparing the note. Upon receiving a request for a note from a political subdivision, the commissioner must give the political subdivision an estimate of the fee that the commissioner will charge. The political subdivision may withdraw the request for the note. Upon completion of the note, the requesting political subdivision must pay the fee in the time and manner requested by the commissioner of finance. Fees collected under this subdivision must be deposited in the general fund."
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H. F. No. 632, A bill for an act relating to insurance; enhancing public employee eligibility for long-term care insurance; improving insurance coverage of long-term care; providing for studies of ways to reduce long-term care costs to the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 43A.318, subdivision 1; 61A.072, subdivision 6; 62A.315; 62A.48, by adding a subdivision; 62A.49, by adding a subdivision; 62S.22, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62S.
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 61A.072, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
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Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62A.315, is amended to read:
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Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62A.48, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62A.49, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
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Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62S.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Sec. 6. [62S.34] [REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY.]
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Sec. 7. [REPORTS; POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO STATE FROM CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PURCHASE INCENTIVES.]
Subd. 3. [NURSING FACILITY BENEFITS IN MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT COVERAGE.] The commissioner of human services must study and quantify the cost or savings to the state if a nursing facility benefit were added to Medicare-related coverage, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 62Q.01, subdivision 6.
Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to policies issued on or after that date. Sections 2 to 6 are effective January 1, 2004, and apply to policies issued on or after that date. Section 7 is effective July 1, 2003."
"A bill for an act relating to insurance; improving insurance coverage of long-term care; providing for studies of ways to reduce long-term care costs to the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 61A.072, subdivision 6; 62A.315; 62A.48, by adding a subdivision; 62A.49, by adding a subdivision; 62S.22, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62S."
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H. F. No. 719, A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing brewpubs to make retail and wholesale sales of the brewpub's own products under certain circumstances; removing limits on the number of on-sale and off-sale liquor licenses that may be issued by a municipality; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 340A.301, subdivisions 1, 6, 7, 8; 340A.308; 340A.601, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413.
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.318, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [POSTING; NOTICE.] Verified lists or statements required by subdivision 2 shall be posted by the commissioner in offices of the department in places available for public inspection not later than the day Monday following receipt. Documents posted shall constitute notice to every distiller, manufacturer, or wholesaler of the information posted. Actual notice, however received, also constitutes notice.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.404, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [SPECIAL PROVISION; CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.] (a) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the Guthrie Theater, the Cricket Theatre, the Orpheum Theatre, and the State Theatre, and the Historic Pantages Theatre, notwithstanding the limitations of law, or local ordinance, or charter provision relating to zoning or school or church distances. The licenses authorize sales on all days of the week to holders of tickets for performances presented by the theaters and to members of the nonprofit corporations holding the licenses and to their guests.
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(f) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to the Brave New Workshop Theatre located at 3001 Hennepin Avenue South, the Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Illusion Theatre Theater located at 528 Hennepin Avenue South, the Hollywood Theatre located at 2815 Johnson Street Northeast, the Loring Playhouse located at 1633 Hennepin Avenue South, and the Jungle Theater located at 2951 Lyndale Avenue South, the Brave New Institute located at 2605 Hennepin Avenue South, the Guthrie Lab located at 700 North First Street, and the Southern Theatre located at 1420 Washington Avenue South, notwithstanding any law or local ordinance or charter provision. The license authorizes sales on all days of the week.
Sec. 3. [CITY OF BLAINE; LIQUOR LICENSES.]
The city of Blaine may issue 15 on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized by this section.
Sec. 4. [ELKO SPEEDWAY; ON-SALE LICENSE.]
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.404, subdivision 1, the city of Elko may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the Elko Speedway in addition to the number authorized by law. The license may authorize sales only to persons attending racing events at the speedway. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this provision, apply to the license authorized under this section. The license may be issued for a space that is not compact and contiguous, provided that the licensed premises may include only the space within the fenced grandstand area as described in the approved license application.
Sec. 5. [CITY OF HASTINGS; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Hastings may issue three on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized by this section.
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Sec. 6. [CITY OF MAPLE GROVE; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Maple Grove may issue 12 on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized under this section.
Sec. 7. [CITY OF SARTELL; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Sartell may issue five on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized by this section.
Sec. 8. [CITY OF ST. MICHAEL; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of St. Michael may issue five on-sale liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized under this section.
Sec. 9. [CITY OF ST. PAUL; STATE FAIR WINE LICENSES.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 37.21 and 340A.412, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (3), the city of St. Paul may issue to the holder of a state fair concessions contract with the state agricultural society a license authorizing the licensee to sell Minnesota-produced wine by the glass at the state fair in connection with the concessionaire's sale of food. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to licenses issued under this section.
(b) For purposes of this section, "Minnesota-produced wine" means wine produced by a farm winery licensed under Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.315, and made from at least 75 percent Minnesota-grown grapes, grape juices, other fruit bases, or honey.
Sec. 10. [CITY OF THIEF RIVER FALLS; LIQUOR LICENSES.]
The city of Thief River Falls may issue two on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section apply to the licenses authorized by this section.
Sec. 11. [CITY OF WACONIA; LIQUOR LICENSES.]
The city of Waconia may issue three on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized under this section.
Sec. 12. [CITY OF WOODBURY; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Woodbury may issue 12 on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized by this section.
Sections 1 to 12 are effective the day following final enactment."
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"A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying a posting requirement; authorizing the cities of Blaine, Elko, Hastings, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, Sartell, St. Michael, St. Paul, Thief River Falls, Waconia, and Woodbury to issue certain licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 340A.318, subdivision 3; 340A.404, subdivision 2."
H. F. No. 734, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; providing for linked bingo games; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 349.12, subdivisions 4, 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.151, subdivision 4; 349.153; 349.155, subdivision 3; 349.163, subdivision 3; 349.166, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.167, subdivision 6; 349.17, subdivisions 3, 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 349.18, subdivision 1; 349.19, by adding a subdivision; 349.191, subdivisions 1, 1a; 349.211, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349.
Page 2, line 26, after the period, insert "Up to $200,000 is transferred in fiscal year 2004 to the public utilities commission for the purposes of subdivision 9."
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"Subd. 9. [COMMISSION REVIEW.] The public utilities commission shall review the costs associated with the provision by telephone companies and other providers of high-speed telecommunications services and infrastructure in various regions of the state. The commission shall report on any disparities it finds between regions to the legislature by January 15, 2004."
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"(1) impose any fee or charge, other than the fee authorized by this paragraph, on the retail sale of items authorized under paragraph (c);"
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"(l) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "fund" to "trust fund" in Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.029 to 268.23."
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"Sec. 3. [325E.60] [SALE OF AMERICAN FLAGS.]
No person may sell or offer for sale in this state an American flag unless the flag is manufactured in the United States of America.
Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 2003, and apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or after that date. Section 3 is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, insert "regulating American flag sales;"
Page 1, line 4, before the period, insert "; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E"
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"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.48, is amended to read:
6.48 [EXAMINATION OF COUNTIES; COST, FEES.]
All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state auditor shall be exercised and performed by the state auditor in respect to the offices, institutions, public property, and improvements of several counties of the state. At least once in each year, if funds and personnel permit, the state auditor shall may visit, without previous notice, each county and make a thorough examination of all accounts and records relating to the receipt and disbursement of the public funds and the custody of the public funds and other property. The state auditor shall, as funds and personnel permit, examine an annual audit and its procedures, reports, working papers, and programs if performed by a private certified public accountant. The state auditor may accept the audit or make additional examinations as the state auditor deems to be in the public interest. The state auditor shall prescribe and install systems of accounts and financial reports that shall be uniform, so far as practicable, for the same class of offices. A copy of the report of such examination shall be filed and be subject to public inspection in the office of the state auditor and another copy in the office of the auditor of the county thus examined. The state auditor may accept the records and audit, or any part thereof, of the department of human services in lieu of examination of the county social welfare funds, if such audit has been made within any period covered by the state auditor's audit of the other records of the county. If any such examination shall disclose malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in any office of such county, such report shall be filed with the county attorney of the county, and the county attorney shall institute such civil and criminal proceedings as the law and the protection of the public interests shall require.
The county receiving such any examination shall pay to the state general fund, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16A.125, the total cost and expenses of such examinations, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making such examination. The state auditor on deeming it advisable may bill counties, having a population of 200,000 or over, monthly for services rendered and the officials responsible for approving and paying claims shall cause said bill to be promptly paid. The general fund shall be credited with all collections made for any such examinations.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.49, is amended to read:
6.49 [CITIES OF FIRST CLASS.]
The state auditor may shall bill said cities monthly for services rendered, including any examination, and the officials responsible for approving and paying claims shall cause said bill to be promptly paid.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.54, is amended to read:
6.54 [EXAMINATION OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL RECORDS PURSUANT TO PETITION.]
The registered voters in a county, home rule charter, or statutory city or the electors at an annual or special town meeting of a town may petition the state auditor to examine the books, records, accounts, and affairs of the county, home rule charter, or statutory city, town, or of any organizational unit, activity, project, enterprise, or fund thereof; and the scope of the examination may be limited by the petition, but the examination shall cover, at least, all cash
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received and disbursed and the transactions relating thereto, provided that the state auditor shall not examine more than the six latest years preceding the circulation of the petition, unless it appears to the state auditor during the examination that the audit period should be extended to permit a full recovery under bonds furnished by public officers or employees, and may if it appears to the auditor in the public interest confine the period or the scope of audit or both period and scope of audit, to less than that requested by the petition. In the case of a county, home rule charter, or statutory city, the petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters at least equal to 20 percent of those voting in the last presidential election. The eligible voters of any school district may petition the state auditor, who shall be subject to the same restrictions regarding the scope and period of audit, provided that the petition shall be signed by at least ten eligible voters for each 50 resident pupils in average daily membership during the preceding school year as shown on the records in the office of the commissioner of children, families, and learning. In the case of school districts, the petition shall be signed by at least ten eligible voters. At the time it is circulated, every petition shall contain a statement that the cost of the audit will be borne by the county, city, or school district as provided by law. Thirty days before the petition is delivered to the state auditor it shall be presented to the appropriate city or school district clerk and the county auditor. The county auditor shall determine and certify whether the petition is signed by the required number of registered voters or eligible voters as the case may be. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof in any action or proceeding for the recovery of the costs, charges, and expenses of any examination made pursuant to the petition.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.55, is amended to read:
6.55 [EXAMINATION OF RECORDS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION OF GOVERNING BODY.]
The governing body of any city, town, county or school district, by appropriate resolution may ask the state auditor to examine the books, records, accounts and affairs of their government, or of any organizational unit, activity, project, enterprise, or fund thereof; and the state auditor shall examine the same upon receiving, pursuant to said resolution, a written request signed by a majority of the members of the governing body; and the governing body of any public utility commission, or of any public corporation having a body politic and corporate, or of any instrumentality joint or several of any city, town, county, or school district, may request an audit of its books, records, accounts and affairs in the same manner; provided that the scope of the examination may be limited by the request, but such examination shall cover, at least, all cash received and disbursed and the transactions relating thereto. Such written request shall be presented to the clerk, or recording officer of such city, town, county, school district, public utility commission, public corporation, or instrumentality, before being presented to the state auditor, who shall determine whether the same is signed by a majority of the members of such governing body and, if found to be so signed, shall certify such fact, and the fact that such resolution was passed, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof in any action or proceedings for the recovery of the costs, charges and expenses of any examination made pursuant to such request. Nothing contained in any of the laws of the state relating to the state auditor, shall be so construed as to prevent any county, city, town, or school district from employing a certified public accountant to examine its books, records, accounts, and affairs. For the purposes of this section, the governing body of a town is the town board.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.64, is amended to read:
6.64 [COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS; PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT DEFINED.]
There shall be mutual cooperation between the state auditor and public accountants in the performance of auditing, accounting, and other related services for counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other public corporations. For the purposes of sections 6.64 to 6.71 the term public accountant shall have the meaning ascribed to it in section 412.222.
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Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.65, is amended to read:
6.65 [MINIMUM PROCEDURES FOR AUDITORS, PRESCRIBED.]
The state auditor shall prescribe minimum procedures and the audit scope for auditing the books, records, accounts, and affairs of counties and local governments in Minnesota. The minimum scope for audits of all local governments must include financial and legal compliance audits. Audits of all school districts must include a determination of compliance with uniform financial accounting and reporting standards. The state auditor shall promulgate an audit guide for legal compliance audits, in consultation with representatives of the state auditor, the attorney general, towns, cities, counties, school districts, and private sector public accountants.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.66, is amended to read:
6.66 [CERTAIN PRACTICES OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AUTHORIZED.]
Any public accountant may engage in the practice of auditing the books, records, accounts, and affairs of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other public corporations which are not otherwise required by law to be audited exclusively by the state auditor.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.67, is amended to read:
6.67 [PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS; REPORT OF EVIDENCE POINTING TO MISCONDUCT.]
Whenever a public accountant in the course of auditing the books and affairs of a county, city, town, school district, or other public corporations, shall discover evidence pointing to nonfeasance, misfeasance, or malfeasance, on the part of an officer or employee in the conduct of duties and affairs, the public accountant shall promptly make a report of such discovery to the state auditor and the county attorney of the county in which the governmental unit is situated and the public accountant shall also furnish a copy of the report of audit upon completion to said officers. The county attorney shall act on such report in the same manner as required by law for reports made to the county attorney by the state auditor.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.68, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [REQUEST TO GOVERNING BODY.] If in an audit of a county, city, town, school district, or other public corporation, a public accountant has need of the assistance of the state auditor, the accountant may obtain such assistance by requesting the governing body of the governmental unit being examined to request the state auditor to perform such auditing or investigative services, or both, as the matter and the public interest require.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.70, is amended to read:
6.70 [ACCESS TO REPORTS.]
The state auditor and the public accountants shall have reasonable access to each other's audit reports, working papers, and audit programs concerning audits made by each of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other public corporations.
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Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.71, is amended to read:
6.71 [SCOPE OF AUDITOR'S INVESTIGATION.]
Whenever the governing body of a county, city, town, or school district shall have requested a public accountant to make an audit of its books and affairs, and such audit is in progress or has been completed, and freeholders petition or the governing body requests or both the state auditor to make an examination covering the same, or part of the same, period, the state auditor may, in the public interest, limit the scope of the examination to less than that specified in section 6.54, but the scope shall cover, at least, an investigation of those complaints which are within the state auditor's powers and duties to investigate."
"A bill for an act relating to counties; changing certain auditing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 6.48; 6.49; 6.54; 6.55; 6.64; 6.65; 6.66; 6.67; 6.68, subdivision 1; 6.70; 6.71."
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 168A.141, is amended to read:
168A.141 [MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIXED TO REAL ESTATE PROPERTY.]
Subdivision 1. [PROCEDURE CERTIFICATES SURRENDERED FOR CANCELLATION.] The owner of When a manufactured home which is affixed as an improvement as defined in section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), to real estate may property, and financed by the giving of a mortgage on the real property, the owner
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of the manufactured home shall surrender the home's manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title to the department for cancellation. The owner of the manufactured home shall give the department the address and location legal description of the real estate property. The department may require the filing of other information. Upon surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title, the manufactured home is deemed to be an improvement to real property.
Subd. 2. [PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST AVOIDS CANCELLATION.] The department may not cancel a certificate of title if a security interest has been perfected on the manufactured home. If a security interest has been perfected, the department shall notify the owner and each secured party that the certificate of title and a description of the security interest have been surrendered to the department and that the department will not cancel the certificate of title until the security interest is satisfied. Permanent attachment to real estate property does not extinguish an otherwise valid security interest in or tax lien on the manufactured home.
Subd. 3. [NOTICE OF SECURITY INTEREST AVOIDS SURRENDER.] The manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title need not be surrendered to the department under subdivision 1 when a perfected security interest exists on the manufactured home at the time the manufactured home is affixed to real property, if the owner of the manufactured home files a notice with the county recorder, or with the registrar of titles if the land is registered, stating that the manufactured home located on the property is encumbered by a perfected security interest. The notice must state the name and address of the secured party as set forth on the certificate of title, the legal description of the real property, and the name and address of the record fee owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed. When the security interest is released or satisfied, the secured party shall attach a copy of the release or satisfaction to a notice executed by the secured party containing the county recorder or registrar of titles document number of the notice of security interest. The notice of release or satisfaction must be filed with the county recorder, or with the registrar of titles if the land is registered. Neither the notice described in this subdivision nor the security interest on the certificate of title is deemed an encumbrance.
Subd. 4. [REISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.] The department shall issue a certificate of title to the owner of a manufactured home affixed to real property upon receipt of:
(1) an affidavit executed by the owner of the real property stating that the manufactured home is no longer affixed to real property;
(2) a signed inspection report from the authority having jurisdiction, stating that the manufactured home is in compliance with the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; and
(3) proof that any security interests encumbering improvements to the real property have been satisfied or released, as evidenced by a certified copy of the recorded satisfaction or release.
Section 1 is effective the day following enactment."
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H. F. No. 899, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; requiring that certain gasoline to contain 9.8 percent denatured ethanol; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 239.791, subdivision 1.
Page 2, line 7, reinstate the stricken "conducted" and reinstate the stricken "in compliance with"
"Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 473.702, is amended to read:
473.702 [ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT; PURPOSE; AREA; GOVERNING BODY.]
A metropolitan mosquito control district is created to control mosquitoes, disease vectoring ticks, and black gnats (Simuliidae) in the metropolitan area. The area of the district is the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121. The area of the district is the metropolitan area excluding the part of Carver county west of the west line of township 116N, range 24W, township 115N, range 24W, and township 114N, range 24W. The metropolitan mosquito control commission is created as the governing body of the district, composed and exercising the powers as prescribed in sections 473.701 to 473.716."
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Page 4, line 13, delete "potential disease-vectoring" and insert "known disease vector species of"
Pages 5 to 7, delete section 6
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"Sections 1 to 8 are effective the day following final enactment."
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"Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 60C.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. The rates and premiums charged for insurance policies and fidelity and surety bonds to which this chapter applies must may include amounts sufficient to recoup a sum equal to the amounts paid to the association by the member insurer less any amounts returned to the member insurer by the association. The rates shall not be deemed excessive because they contain an amount reasonably calculated to recoup assessments paid by the member insurer.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 72A.501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [APPLICATION.] (a) If the authorization is signed to collect information in connection with an application for a property and casualty insurance policy, a policy reinstatement, or a request for a change in benefits, the authorization must not remain valid for longer than one year from the date the authorization is signed or the date the insurer grants or denies coverage, reinstatement, or change in benefits, whichever is sooner.
(b) If the authorization is signed to collect information in connection with an application for a life, disability, and health insurance policy or contract, reinstatement, or request for change in benefits, the authorization may not remain valid for longer than 26 months from the date the authorization is signed.
(c) This section does not apply to the collection and use of a numeric product referred to as an insurance score or credit score that is used by a licensed insurance agent exclusively for the purpose of underwriting or rating an insurance policy, if the agent informs the policyholder or prospective policyholder requesting the insurance coverage that an insurance score or credit score will be obtained for the purpose of underwriting or rating the policy."
Page 9, line 2, after the second comma, insert "subdivision 2,"
Page 9, line 4, delete "10" and insert "8 and 11"
Page 9, line 6, after the period, insert "Section 10 is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, insert "regulating the collection and use of certain insurance information;"
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Page 1, line 7, after the first semicolon, insert "60C.18, subdivision 1; 72A.501, subdivision 2;"
Page 1, line 8, before the period, insert ", subdivision 2"
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"(b) This section does not apply to an insurance company if its sole insurance business in this state is providing workers' compensation insurance and associated employers' liability coverage to an employer principally located in the insurer's state of domicile whose employee may receive benefits under section 176.041, subdivision 4, provided the operations of the employer are for fewer than 30 consecutive days in this state and provided the employer has no other significant contacts with this state.
(c) This section does not apply to a fund established under section 16B.85, subdivision 2."
H. F. No. 977, A bill for an act relating to education; making supervised competitive high school diving occurring in pools built before January 1, 1987, subject to the swimming and diving rules of the national federation of state high school associations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 128C.05, by adding a subdivision.
Page 1, line 12, before "Notwithstanding" insert "(a)"
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Page 1, line 16, after the period, insert "A school or district using a pool for supervised competitive high school diving under this provision must provide appropriate notice to parents and participants.
(b) Paragraph (a) applies only to a school or district that provided a high school diving program during the 2000-2001 school year."
Subd. 12. [UTILITY QUALITY LEVEL.] "Utility quality level" means a professional opinion about the quality and reliability of utility information. There are four levels of utility quality information, ranging from the most precise and reliable, level A, to the least precise and reliable, level D. The utility quality level must be determined in accordance with guidelines established by the Construction Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers in document CI/ASCE 38-02 entitled "Standard Guidelines for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data.""
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Page 3, strike lines 1 to 5
Page 3, line 20, after "contract" insert "and must depict the utility quality level of that information"
Page 4, line 20, delete the new language and insert "Prior to the excavation start time on the notice,"
Pages 7 and 8, delete sections 7, 8, and 9
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"Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.] An individual who is eligible to vote may register on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the individual maintains residence, by completing a registration card, making an oath in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of residence. An individual may prove identity and residence for purposes of registering by:
(1) showing a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07;
(2) showing any picture identification document approved by the secretary of state as proper identification;
(3) showing one of the following:
(i) a current valid student picture identification card from a post-secondary educational institution in Minnesota, if a list of students from that institution has been prepared under section 135A.17 and certified to the county auditor in the manner provided in rules of the secretary of state; or
(ii) a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address in the precinct together with a picture identification card;
(4) showing a picture identification card or document listed in clause (1), (2), or (3), and proving current residence in the precinct by having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct sign an oath in the presence of the election judge vouching that the voter personally knows that the individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who has been vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for any other individual on that election day; or
(5) for tribal band members living on an Indian reservation, an individual may prove residence for purposes of registering by showing an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the name, street address, signature, and picture of the individual. The county auditor of each county having territory within the reservation shall maintain a record of the number of election day registrations accepted under this section.
A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration card."
Page 9, line 10, after the period, insert "A county or municipality may attempt to obtain this information for a registration card accepted before January 1, 2004, by a request to the voter at any time except at the polling place. Failure by the voter to comply with this request does not make the registration deficient."
"Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.071, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 9. [EXISTING CARDS.] Existing stocks of registration cards printed before August 1, 2003, that do not contain the social security information required under this section may continue to be used until the stock is exhausted. All registration cards printed after July 31, 2003, must conform with this section.
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Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.071, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10. [RULES.] The secretary of state shall adopt rules to provide for registration cards that conform with this section.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [MASTER LIST.] Each county auditor shall prepare and maintain a current list of registered voters in each precinct in the county which is known as the master list. The master list must be created by entering each completed voter registration card received by the county auditor into the statewide registration system. It must show the name, residence address, and date of birth of each voter registered in the precinct. The information contained in the master list may only be made available to public officials for purposes related to election administration, jury selection, and in response to a law enforcement inquiry concerning a violation of or failure to comply with any criminal statute or state or local tax statute. If a copy of the master list is provided to a public official for jury selection or in response to a law enforcement inquiry described in this subdivision, the list may not include the final four digits of the social security number of any voter.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.091, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 1a. [POLLING PLACE ROSTER.] A polling place roster produced from data maintained in the statewide voter registration file may not include the final four digits of the social security number of any voter."
Page 9, line 30, after the period, insert "The list must not contain the final four digits of the social security number of any voter."
Page 12, line 36, after "report" insert "at least"
Page 13, line 1, after the second comma, insert "final four digits of the voter's social security number (or the statement "NONE" if the voter has no social security number),"
Page 13, line 5, after the second comma, insert "final four digits of the voter's social security number (or the statement "NONE" if the voter has no social security number),"
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Page 13, line 9, strike "prepare" and insert "forward" and strike "registrants for" and insert "individuals to"
Page 13, line 10, after "shall" insert "determine if any person identified in the report as a resident of the county is registered to vote in the county and" and strike "those registrants" and insert "each registrant"
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Page 14, line 27, delete everything before the period
Pages 21 and 22, delete section 30 and insert:
"Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 204C.10, is amended to read:
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(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster which states that the individual is at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States, has resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election, certifies residence at the address shown, is not under guardianship of the person, has not been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent to vote or convicted of a felony without having civil rights restored, is registered and has not already voted in the election.
(b) A judge may shall, before the applicant signs the roster, confirm the applicant's identity by requiring a picture identification card or document issued by the United States or Minnesota or an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, and may confirm the applicant's name, address, and date of birth. If an applicant does not have a card or document described by this section, the applicant may sign the roster after executing an affidavit before the judge. The affidavit must state:
(2) that the applicant does not have a picture identification card or document issued by the United States or Minnesota or an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, that contains the name, address, signature, and picture of the applicant; and
(3) that the applicant swears or affirms that the applicant is the same individual whose name is listed on the roster for this precinct.
(c) After the applicant signs the roster, the judge shall give the applicant a voter's receipt. The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge in charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall hand to the voter the ballot. The voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for notice of filing an election contest."
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"A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for conformity with the federal Help America Vote Act; creating a complaint process; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 201.021; 201.022; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 201.091, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 1; 201.15; 201.155; 201.161; 201.171; 201.221, subdivisions 2, 3; 203B.06, subdivision 4; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.12, subdivision 2; 203B.16, by adding a subdivision; 203B.17; 203B.19; 203B.24, subdivision 2; 203B.26; 204B.47; 204C.10; 206.57, by adding subdivisions; 206.81; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 201; 204C."
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"(b) Notwithstanding chapter 245B, sections 252.40 to 252.46, 256B.092, 256B.501 to 256B.5015, and Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0004 to 9525.0036, 9525.1200 to 9525.1330, 9525.1580, and 9525.1800 to 9525.1930, the commissioner may implement under this section projects for persons with developmental disabilities. The commissioner may capitate payments for ICF/MR services, waivered services for mental retardation or related conditions, including case management services, day training and habilitation and alternative active treatment services, and other services as approved by the state and by the federal government. Case management and active treatment must be individualized and developed in accordance with a person-centered plan. Costs under these projects may not exceed costs that would have been incurred under fee-for-service. Beginning July 1, 2003, and until two years after the pilot project implementation date, subcontractor participation in the long-term care developmental disability pilot is limited to a nonprofit long-term care system providing ICF/MR services, home and community-based waiver services, and in-home services to no more than 120 consumers with developmental disabilities in Carver, Hennepin, and Scott counties. The commissioner shall report to the legislature prior to expansion of the developmental disability pilot project. This paragraph expires two years after the implementation date of the pilot project."
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Page 5, line 2, strike "(b)" and insert "(d)"
"Sec. 5. [NOTIFICATION.]
The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes of the implementation date of the pilot project established under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.69, subdivision 23, paragraph (b)."
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Page 1, line 18, before the period, insert "not to exceed two weeks"
Page 1, line 6, delete everything before "Where"
Page 1, line 8, after "must" insert ", to the extent possible,"
Page 1, line 2, after the semicolon, insert "requiring regular meals to be provided to inmates;"
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Page 1, line 18, delete "A"
Page 1, delete lines 19 to 26 and insert "The commissioner shall monitor the status of projects approved under this section to identify, in consultation with each facility with an approved project, if projects will be canceled or will expire. For projects that have been canceled or have expired, if originally approved after June 30, 2001, the commissioner's approval authority for the estimated annual state cost to medical assistance shall carry forward and shall be available for the issuance of a new moratorium round later in that fiscal year or in either of the following two fiscal years."
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"Subd. 2. [NEWSLETTER.] "Newsletter" means a print publication of the local public corporation that is delivered to substantially all households and businesses located in the jurisdiction."
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Page 2, line 16, delete "ANNUAL" and after "DESIGNATION" insert ", NOTICE"
Page 2, line 18, before "At" insert "Subdivision 1. [ANNUAL DESIGNATION.]"
Page 2, line 21, delete "or more"
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"Subd. 2. [REGULAR NOTICE.] A local public corporation that designates an alternative method of publication must publish at the same time each month in the local public corporation's official newspaper or newsletter a summary of the types of items that will be published that month by the alternative method designated under subdivision 1. The monthly notice must also indicate how to find the publications by the designated alternative method. This subdivision does not apply during the six-month transition period under subdivision 3.
Subd. 3. [TRANSITION.] For the first six months after a local public corporation designates an alternative method of publication under this chapter, it must continue to publish proceedings and public notices in the official newspaper in addition to in the alternative method. Each publication in the official newspaper must indicate where to find the designated alternative method."
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"Subd. 2. [NEWSLETTER.] The local public corporation may publish any proceedings or public notice required to be published by including the proceedings or public notice in a newsletter of the local public corporation. Specific requirements for the format or placement of the proceedings or public notice do not apply to publication in the newsletter. In addition to distribution to substantially all households and businesses in the jurisdiction, the local public corporation must provide the newsletter to any person who asks to receive proceedings or public notices."
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"Before granting an increase in the limitation, the state auditor must submit the proposed increase to the legislative coordinating commission for its review and recommendation. The recommendation is advisory only. If the commission fails to make a recommendation with 30 days from its receipt of the proposal, it is deemed to have made no recommendation."
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H. F. No. 1139, A bill for an act relating to human services; making technical changes; requiring a report on long-term care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 245A.035, subdivision 3; 245A.04, subdivisions 3b, 3d; 256B.056, subdivision 6; 256B.057, subdivision 10; 256B.064, subdivision 2; 256B.437, subdivision 2; 256B.76; 256B.761; 256D.03, subdivision 3a; 256L.12, subdivision 6; 260C.141, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 62J.66; 62J.68; 144A.071, subdivision 5; 144A.35; Laws 1998, chapter 407, article 4, section 63.
Page 32, after line 18, insert:
"Sec. 14. [REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE.]
The report on long-term care services required under Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.351, that is presented to the legislature by January 15, 2004, must also address the feasibility of offering government or private sector loans or lines of credit to individuals age 65 and over, for the purchase of long-term care services."
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"(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.3045; 9505.3050; 9505.3055; 9505.3060; 9505.3068; 9505.3070; 9505.3075; 9505.3080; 9505.3090; 9505.3095; 9505.3100; 9505.3105; 9505.3107; 9505.3110; 9505.3115; 9505.3120; 9505.3125; 9505.3130; 9505.3138; 9505.3139; 9505.3140; 9505.3680; 9505.3690; and 9505.3700, are repealed effective July 1, 2003."
Page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, insert "eliminating certain community alternative programs;"
Page 1, line 13, before the period, insert "; Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.3045; 9505.3050; 9505.3055; 9505.3060; 9505.3068; 9505.3070; 9505.3075; 9505.3080; 9505.3090; 9505.3095; 9505.3100; 9505.3105; 9505.3107; 9505.3110; 9505.3115; 9505.3120; 9505.3125; 9505.3130; 9505.3138; 9505.3139; 9505.3140; 9505.3680; 9505.3690; 9505.3700"
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"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 120B.35, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. [IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES FOR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL OR BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS.] (a) A district must develop strategies in conjunction with the county board responsible for implementing sections 245.487 to 245.4888 to keep a student with emotional or behavioral disorders in school, when the district has a drop-out rate for students with an emotional or behavioral disorder exceeding 25 percent.
(b) A district must develop a plan in conjunction with the local mental health authority to increase the graduation rates of students with emotional or behavioral disorders. A district with a drop-out rate for children with an emotional or behavioral disturbance in the top 25 percent of all districts shall submit a plan for review and oversight to the commissioner.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.55, is amended to read:
121A.55 [POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.]
(a) The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall promulgate guidelines to assist each school board. Each school board shall establish uniform criteria for dismissal and adopt written policies and rules to effectuate the purposes of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. The policies shall emphasize preventing dismissals through early detection of problems and shall be designed to address students' inappropriate behavior from recurring. The policies shall recognize the continuing responsibility of the school for the education of the pupil during the dismissal period. The alternative educational services, if the pupil wishes to take advantage of them, must be adequate to allow the pupil to make progress towards meeting the graduation standards adopted under section 120B.02 and help prepare the pupil for readmission.
(c) The commissioner shall actively encourage and assist school districts to cooperatively establish alternative educational services within school buildings or at alternative program sites that offer instruction to pupils who are dismissed from school for willfully engaging in dangerous, disruptive, or violent behavior, including for possessing a firearm in a school zone.
(d) Each school district shall develop a policy and report it to the commissioner on the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove students who have an individualized education plan from school grounds.
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Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.61, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [POLICY COMPONENTS.] The policy must include at least the following components:
(o) procedures for immediate and appropriate interventions tied to violations of the code; and
(q) an agreement of procedures to coordinate crisis services to the extent funds are available with the county board responsible for implementing sections 245.487 to 245.4888 for students with a serious emotional disturbance or other students who have an individualized education plan whose behavior may be addressed by crisis intervention.
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Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board, upon the request of a post-secondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the person and a post-secondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application of chapter 14.
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(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading preparation, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect until they are approved by law.
(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents."
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Page 1, line 28, delete everything after the period and insert "A separate account must be established for each trunk highway corridor. For each such account:
(1) one-half of all money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner for implementation and administration of the user fee system and for transportation capital improvements to the corridor; and
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(2) one-half of all money in the account is appropriated to the metropolitan council for expansion and improvement of transit and carpooling services within the corridor beyond the level of service provided on January 1, 2003."
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Page 6, delete lines 15 and 16 and insert "The advisory board shall oversee and select a fiscal agent qualified to handle financial accounting of task force funding. The task force shall be assigned an originating reporting number for case tracking and reporting purposes."
Page 7, line 5, after "transfer" insert "all"
Page 7, line 6, delete "the fraud and theft prevention special revenue account" and insert "financial contributions and grants designated to the task force"
Page 7, line 14, strike "June 30, 2002" and insert "July 1, 2003"
Page 7, delete lines 27 and 28 and insert:
"Subd. 11. [EXPIRATION TASK FORCE IS PERMANENT.] This section expires on June 30, 2003 Notwithstanding section 15.059, this section does not expire."
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Page 1, line 8, delete "; 299A.75, subdivisions 1, 3"
Page 1, line 10, after the comma, insert "unless the interested parties have agreed otherwise in writing,"
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"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [SUPPLEMENTAL NURSING SERVICES AGENCY.] "Supplemental nursing services agency" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nurses, nursing assistants, nurse aides, and orderlies. Supplemental nursing services agency does not include an individual who only engages in providing the individual's services on a temporary basis to health care facilities. Supplemental nursing services agency does not include a professional home care agency licensed as a Class A provider under section 144A.46 and rules adopted thereunder that only provides staff to other home care providers.
Sec. 2. [CHANGES TO THE MEDICARE CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES.]
(a) The commissioner of health shall convene a working group to consist of home care providers and other interested individuals. The first purpose of this group is to develop a summary of federal home care agency regulations and laws that hamper state flexibility and place burdens on the goal of achieving a high quality of services, such as provisions requiring rigid time frames for the completion of supervisory visits by registered nurses and for the submission of home care client assessment information. The commissioner shall share this summary with the legislature, other states, and national groups that advocate for state interests. The commissioner shall work with officials of the federal government and with members of the Minnesota congressional delegation to achieve necessary changes in the law.
(b) The commissioner of health shall also review with this working group the current licensure process for home care providers and evaluate continued appropriateness of that process. This review shall consider federal certification regulations for home care and hospice and the need to have separate licensure provisions for certified facilities. The commissioner shall make recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2005.
"A bill for an act relating to health; excluding certain licensed home care agencies from supplemental nursing services law; requiring a review and report on certain home care provider laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.70, subdivision 6."
H. F. No. 1336, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing requirements for qualified teachers and paraprofessionals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 122A.22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
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Page 1, line 25, delete "Before supervising or working" and insert "Within 60 days of the date on which a paraprofessional begins to supervise or work"
Page 2, line 8, delete "diversity,"
Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means, pursuant to House Rule 4.03, reported as follows:
Amend House Resolution No. 6 setting the maximum limit on general fund expenditures for the biennium ending June 30, 2005, and adopted on March 10, 2003, as follows:
Page 1, line 6, delete "$26,544,216,000" and insert "$26,564,414,000"
Knoblach moved that the Report from the Committee on Ways and Means be now adopted.
Pursuant to rule 2.21, Solberg gave notice of his intent to debate House Resolution No. 6.
The Speaker ruled the Solberg notice of intent to debate a resolution not in order.
The question recurred on the Knoblach motion and the roll was called. There were 79 yeas and 51 nays as follows:
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The motion prevailed and the Report from the Committee on Ways and Means was adopted.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO MOVE RECONSIDERATION
Pursuant to rule 3.14, Paulsen gave notice of his intent to move reconsideration of the vote whereby the Report from the Committee on Ways and Means relating to House Resolution No. 6 was adopted.
Paulsen moved that the vote whereby the Report from the Committee on Ways and Means was adopted be now reconsidered.
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The question recurred on the Paulsen motion and the roll was called. There were 0 yeas and 91 nays as follows:
The Paulsen motion to reconsider did not prevail.
H. F. Nos. 171, 438, 501, 572, 592, 653, 662, 719, 754, 800, 894, 896, 946, 977, 995, 1026, 1095, 1234, 1251 and 1374 were read for the second time.
Westerberg, DeLaForest, Tingelstad, Bernardy and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. No. 1445, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds for improvements to marked trunk highway 65; appropriating money.
Osterman; Seifert; Kuisle; Klinzing; Otremba; Hoppe; Cox; Soderstrom; Dorman; Rhodes; Nelson, P.; Juhnke; Dill; Zellers; Harder; Magnus; Lindgren and Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 1446, A bill for an act relating to highways; directing commissioner of transportation to lease safety rest areas or contract for their private operation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.
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Bernardy and Otremba introduced:
H. F. No. 1447, A bill for an act relating to veterans; permitting World War I and II veterans the same parking privileges as physically disabled persons; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
Dill, Davids, Peterson, Penas, Lanning, Heidgerken, Urdahl, Eken, Marquart, Lindgren, Cornish, Koenen, Lieder, Hoppe, Finstad, Simpson, Swenson, Sertich, Otremba, Juhnke, Dorman and Murphy introduced:
H. F. No. 1448, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; establishing Minnesota rural communications infrastructure fund and appropriating money for providing low-interest loans and grants to communications infrastructure projects in rural Minnesota; imposing a fee on wireless telephone service; providing ten-year sunset date; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237.
Harder, Kuisle and Magnus introduced:
H. F. No. 1449, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying transit assistance provisions for annually appropriating money for transit operations; abolishing property tax replacement aid program; making technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 16A.88, subdivision 1; 174.24, subdivisions 1, 3b; 275.71, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 174.242.
H. F. No. 1450, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of $774,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds for trunk highway construction projects in Bloomington; appropriating money.
Kahn, Kelliher, Biernat, Paymar, Clark, Hornstein and Hausman introduced:
H. F. No. 1451, A bill for an act relating to smoking; prohibiting smoking in workplaces; providing for smoke-free areas in multitenant buildings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 144.413, subdivision 2; 144.414, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 144.415; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
Urdahl, Kuisle, Swenson, Juhnke, Heidgerken and Blaine introduced:
H. F. No. 1452, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; clarifying the definition of pastures for the purpose of animal feedlot regulation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116.07, subdivision 7.
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H. F. No. 1453, A bill for an act relating to the city of Hibbing; authorizing an extension of a tax increment financing district.
H. F. No. 1454, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; prohibiting party units from accepting contributions indirectly they could not accept directly; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 10A.27, by adding a subdivision.
H. F. No. 1455, A bill for an act relating to border city development zones; authorizing the city of Taylors Falls and the town of Franconia to establish zones and exercise border city development zone powers.
Slawik, Greiling, Bernardy and Goodwin introduced:
H. F. No. 1456, A bill for an act relating to Head Start; transferring the Head Start program from the department of children, families, and learning to the department of human services.
Gunther and Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 1457, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating cigarette delivery sales; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.
H. F. No. 1458, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; permitting the harvesting of farmed cervidae on licensed shooting preserves; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 17.451, subdivision 2; 17.452, subdivisions 5, 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
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H. F. No. 1459, A bill for an act relating to highways; directing commissioner of transportation to consider design-build method in reconstructing highway 14; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds for improvements to highway 14; appropriating money.
H. F. No. 1460, A bill for an act relating to ethanol; clarifying shareholder rights in certain business associations; prohibiting ethanol producer payments for associations not in compliance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41A.09, by adding subdivisions.
H. F. No. 1461, A bill for an act relating to the city of Moorhead; extending authority to impose a tax levy; amending Laws 2002, chapter 377, article 11, section 1.
H. F. No. 1462, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring the bureau of criminal apprehension to establish and maintain an Internet Web site containing public criminal history data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 13.87, subdivision 3.
H. F. No. 1463, A bill for an act relating to taxation; making changes to sales and use tax provisions to conform to streamlined sales tax project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 289A.18, subdivision 4; 289A.20, subdivision 4; 289A.40, subdivision 2; 289A.50, by adding a subdivision; 297A.61, subdivisions 3, 7, 10, 17, 30, 31, by adding subdivisions; 297A.66, by adding a subdivision; 297A.668; 297A.67, subdivisions 7, 8, by adding a subdivision; 297A.68, subdivision 36; 297A.72, subdivision 1; 297A.81; 297A.99, subdivisions 5, 10, 12; 297A.995, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 297A.61, subdivisions 14, 15, 18; 297A.69, subdivision 5.
H. F. No. 1464, A bill for an act relating to environmental improvement; authorizing phase II stormwater pollution prevention program plans to certain municipalities.
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H. F. No. 1465, A bill for an act relating to education; using other revenue for recognition of volunteers for extracurricular activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.49, subdivision 4.
H. F. No. 1466, A bill for an act relating to retirement; requiring an actuarial study to determine the costs to restructure the four Minnesota teacher retirement plans.
Clark, Mariani and Lieder introduced:
H. F. No. 1467, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring commissioner of transportation to require contractors to take certain actions for hiring women and minorities for highway projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
Peterson, Eken, Otremba, Koenen, Juhnke and Hilty introduced:
H. F. No. 1468, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing a mechanism for farmers to reserve seed from an agricultural crop for purposes of planting in subsequent crop years; authorizing a fee; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 21.81, by adding subdivisions; 21.87; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 21.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, A Senate concurrent resolution relating to adjournment for more than three days.
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Paulsen moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6 be now considered and be placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.
1. Upon their adjournments on April 16, 2003, the Senate and House of Representatives may each set its next day of meeting for April 22, 2003.
Paulsen moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6 be now adopted. The motion prevailed and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6 was adopted.
S. F. No. 293.
S. F. No. 293, A bill for an act relating to state government; ratifying certain state employee labor agreements and compensation plans with certain exceptions; specifying terms and conditions of employment in certain circumstances.
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 19, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, Eastlund moved that the rule therein be suspended and an urgency be declared so that S. F. No. 293 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.
Eastlund moved that the rules of the House be so far suspended that S. F. No. 293 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.
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S. F. No. 293 was read for the second time.
Davids raised a point of order pursuant to section 114 of "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure," relating to Asking Questions of Members. The Speaker ruled the point of order well taken.
Clark and Entenza moved to amend S. F. No. 293 as follows:
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Page 3, lines 3 and 4, delete ", except as provided in subdivision 19"
Page 3, lines 17 and 18, delete ", except as provided in subdivision 19"
Page 3, lines 26 and 27, delete ", except as provided in subdivision 19"
Page 4, line 25, delete ", except as provided in subdivision 19"
Page 4, delete lines 26 to 36
Page 5, line 8, delete "20" and insert "19"
Page 5, line 18, delete ", except that any provision in"
Page 5, delete line 19
Page 5, line 20, delete "implemented"
The question was taken on the Clark and Entenza amendment and the roll was called.
Pursuant to rule 2.05, the Speaker excused DeLaForest and Opatz from voting on the Clark and Entenza amendment to S. F. No. 293.
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There were 35 yeas and 90 nays as follows:
Ellison, Sieben, Mariani and Davnie moved to amend S. F. No. 293 as follows:
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 43A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [ELECTIVE ELIGIBILITY.] The following persons, if not otherwise covered by section 43A.24, may elect coverage for themselves or their dependents at their own expense:
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(e) an officer or employee of the state capitol credit union or the highway credit union; and
(f) a domestic partner of a state employee. For purposes of this clause, "domestic partner" has the meaning given in Agreement between Minnesota State Employees Union AFSCME, Council No. 6, AFL-CIO and the State of Minnesota, for July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2003, Appendix R."
Page 5, line 25, before "Sections" insert "Section 1 is effective as of the beginning of the 2004 benefit year." and delete "1 and 2" and insert "2 and 3"
Page 5, line 33, delete "1 and 2" and insert "2 and 3"
The question was taken on the Ellison et al amendment and the roll was called.
Pursuant to rule 2.05, the Speaker excused DeLaForest and Opatz from voting on the Ellison et al amendment to S. F. No. 293.
There were 38 yeas and 88 nays as follows:
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Pursuant to rule 2.05, the Speaker excused DeLaForest and Opatz from voting on final passage of S. F. No. 293.
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There were 121 yeas and 7 nays as follows:
Paulsen moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 7, 2003. The motion prevailed.
Olson, M., moved that the name of Osterman be added as an author on H. F. No. 472. The motion prevailed.
Olson, M., moved that the name of Osterman be added as an author on H. F. No. 473. The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 590. The motion prevailed.
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Lenczewski moved that the name of Smith be added as chief author on H. F. No. 656. The motion prevailed.
Walz moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 849. The motion prevailed.
Jacobson moved that the words "by request" be added after his name on H. F. No. 1031. The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Lipman be added as an author on H. F. No. 1032. The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 1071. The motion prevailed.
Lanning moved that the name of Peterson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1079. The motion prevailed.
Lanning moved that the name of Blaine be added as an author on H. F. No. 1093. The motion prevailed.
Tingelstad moved that the name of McNamara be added as an author on H. F. No. 1233. The motion prevailed.
Gunther moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1271. The motion prevailed.
Abeler moved that the name of Lieder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1309. The motion prevailed.
Westrom moved that the name of Heidgerken be added as an author on H. F. No. 1333. The motion prevailed.
Beard moved that the name of Hornstein be added as an author on H. F. No. 1372. The motion prevailed.
Hausman moved that the names of Tingelstad and Hornstein be added as authors on H. F. No. 1395. The motion prevailed.
Atkins moved that the name of Pugh be added as an author on H. F. No. 1403. The motion prevailed.
Beard moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1414. The motion prevailed.
Gerlach moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1415. The motion prevailed.
Urdahl moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 1416. The motion prevailed.
Goodwin moved that the name of Latz be added as an author on H. F. No. 1434. The motion prevailed.
Krinkie moved that the name of Howes be added as an author on H. F. No. 1442. The motion prevailed.
Huntley moved that H. F. No. 924 be recalled from the Committee on State Government Finance and be re‑referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance. The motion prevailed.
Osterman moved that H. F. No. 1446 be recalled from the Committee on Transportation Policy and be re‑referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance. The motion prevailed.
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Paulsen moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 7, 2003.