| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money for supported decision making |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 programs; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4. |
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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. Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 4.Evaluation and report.By December 1, 2024, the commissioner must submit |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9over human services finance and policy an interim report on the impact and outcomes of |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10the grants, including the number of grants awarded and the organizations receiving the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11grants. The interim report must include any available evidence of how grantees were able |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12to increase utilization of supported decision making and reduce or avoid more restrictive |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13forms of decision making such as guardianship and conservatorship. By December 1, 2025, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the commissioner must submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15committees with jurisdiction over human services finance and policy a final second interim |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16report on the impact and outcomes of the grants, including any updated information from |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17the interim report and the total number of people served by the grants. The final second |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18interim report must also detail how the money was used to achieve the requirements in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19subdivision 3, paragraph (b). By December 1, 2027, the commissioner must submit to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21human services finance and policy a final report on the impact and outcomes of the grants, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22including any updated information from the interim reports and the total number of people |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23served by the grants. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 25-04128 as introduced02/21/25 REVISOR DTT/AC |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 2853NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading03/20/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Human Services 2.1 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING PROGRAMS. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3of human services for supported decision grants under Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4section 61. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25-04128 as introduced02/21/25 REVISOR DTT/AC |
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