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Minnesota House Bill HF3180 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public health; establishing an essential public health functions
3	3	1.3 contingency account; requiring a report; transferring money to the essential public
4	4	1.4 health functions contingency account; appropriating money in the account to the
5	5	1.5 commissioner of health in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law
6	6	1.6 in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. [144.4205] ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS CONTINGENCY
9	9	1.9ACCOUNT.
10	10	1.10 Subdivision 1.Essential public health function.For purposes of this section, the
11	11	1.11following activities are essential public health functions:
12	12	1.12 (1) activities to prevent or control health threats, including investigating diseases,
13	13	1.13identifying sources of disease outbreaks, conducting laboratory testing, alerting the public
14	14	1.14and health systems about health threats, and developing activities and guidelines to prevent
15	15	1.15the spread of disease and curb disease outbreaks; and
16	16	1.16 (2) the prevention of and response to waterborne disease outbreaks, including support
17	17	1.17for public water supplies to stop waterborne disease outbreaks.
18	18	1.18 Subd. 2.Essential public health functions contingency account.An essential public
19	19	1.19health functions contingency account is created in the special revenue fund in the state
20	20	1.20treasury. Money in the essential public health functions contingency account does not cancel
21	21	1.21and is appropriated to the commissioner of health for the purposes specified in subdivision
22	22	1.224 when the determination criteria in subdivision 3 and the notice and expenditure review
23	23	1.23requirements in subdivision 5 are satisfied.
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0535604/03/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 3180
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Liebling, Huot, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Pursell, Keeler and others04/10/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1 Subd. 3.Determination criteria.The commissioner may make expenditures from the
34	34	2.2essential public health functions contingency account only if the commissioner determines:
35	35	2.3 (1) on or after March 1, 2025, there was an unexpected, significant reduction in federal
36	36	2.4funding or the unexpected elimination of federal funding for one or more essential public
37	37	2.5health functions performed by the commissioner of health or funded in whole or in part
38	38	2.6with federal funds distributed by the commissioner; and
39	39	2.7 (2) additional funding is necessary for these essential public health functions to continue
40	40	2.8to be performed.
41	41	2.9 Subd. 4.Uses of funds.When the determination criteria in subdivision 3 and the notice
42	42	2.10and expenditure review requirements in subdivision 5 are satisfied, the commissioner may
43	43	2.11make expenditures from the essential public health functions contingency account for the
44	44	2.12essential public health functions for which federal funding was reduced or eliminated.
45	45	2.13 Subd. 5.Notice and expenditure review.Prior to making an expenditure from the
46	46	2.14essential public health functions contingency account, the commissioner must:
47	47	2.15 (1) provide written notice to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
48	48	2.16committees with jurisdiction over health and human services finance and policy regarding
49	49	2.17the circumstances that necessitate making an expenditure from the account; and
50	50	2.18 (2) after providing notice under clause (1), seek review and recommendation from the
51	51	2.19Legislative Advisory Commission according to the procedure in section 3.3005, subdivision
52	52	2.205, that would otherwise apply if the funds were federal funds. The commissioner is prohibited
53	53	2.21from seeking review and recommendation for an expenditure for essential public health
54	54	2.22functions that was made before the commissioner provided the notice required under clause
55	55	2.23(1).
56	56	2.24 Subd. 6.Report.By January 15 of each year following a year in which the commissioner
57	57	2.25made one or more expenditures from the essential public health functions contingency
58	58	2.26account, the commissioner must submit a report on the expenditures to the chairs and ranking
59	59	2.27minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human
60	60	2.28services finance and policy. The report must include the following information for the
61	61	2.29preceding year: the amount of federal funding for one or more essential public health
62	62	2.30functions that was reduced or eliminated; the amount of each expenditure from the essential
63	63	2.31public health functions contingency account; the purpose for which each expenditure was
64	64	2.32used; and any additional information the commissioner determines is necessary to properly
65	65	2.33document each expenditure. This report is exempt under section 144.05, subdivision 7.
66	66	2Section 1.
67	67	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0535604/03/25 3.1 Sec. 2. TRANSFER.
68	68	3.2 The commissioner of management and budget must transfer $....... in fiscal year 2026
69	69	3.3from the general fund to the essential public health functions contingency account under
70	70	3.4Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4205. This is a onetime transfer.
71	71	3Sec. 2.
72	72	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0535604/03/25