| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human services; prohibiting the commissioner of human services from |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 limiting currently available day services or special minimum wage rules or policies; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4905, subdivision 5a. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4905, subdivision 5a, is amended to |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 5a.Employment first implementation for disability waiver services.(a) The |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9commissioner of human services shall ensure that: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) the disability waivers under sections 256B.092 and 256B.49 support the presumption |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11that all working-age Minnesotans with disabilities can work and achieve competitive |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12integrated employment with appropriate services and supports, as needed; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) each waiver recipient of working age be offered, after an informed decision-making |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14process and during a person-centered planning process, the opportunity to work and earn a |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15competitive wage before being offered exclusively day services as defined in section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16245D.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (4), or successor provisions. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of human services must |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18not adopt any rule or implement any policy that: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (1) eliminates, reduces, or limits availability of day services as defined in section 245D.03, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (4), or successor provisions; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) restricts a waiver recipient's ability to earn a special minimum wage under either a |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.2214(c) certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor under United States Code, |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR AGW/LJ 25-0409102/19/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 2311 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Baker03/13/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy 2.1title 29, section 214(c), of the Fair Labor Standards Act, or a permit issued by the Department |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2of Labor and Industry under section 177.28. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 36 | 36 | | REVISOR AGW/LJ 25-0409102/19/25 |
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