1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money for supported decision making
1.3 programs; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter
1.4 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, section 61, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 4.Evaluation and report.By December 1, 2024, the commissioner must submit
1.8to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
1.9over human services finance and policy an interim report on the impact and outcomes of
1.10the grants, including the number of grants awarded and the organizations receiving the
1.11grants. The interim report must include any available evidence of how grantees were able
1.12to increase utilization of supported decision making and reduce or avoid more restrictive
1.13forms of decision making such as guardianship and conservatorship. By December 1, 2025,
1.14the commissioner must submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
1.15committees with jurisdiction over human services finance and policy a final second interim
1.16report on the impact and outcomes of the grants, including any updated information from
1.17the interim report and the total number of people served by the grants. The final second
1.18interim report must also detail how the money was used to achieve the requirements in
1.19subdivision 3, paragraph (b). By December 1, 2027, the commissioner must submit to the
1.20chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
1.21human services finance and policy a final report on the impact and outcomes of the grants,
1.22including any updated information from the interim reports and the total number of people
1.23served by the grants.
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2853NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/20/2025
Referred to Human Services 2.1 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING PROGRAMS.
2.2 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.3of human services for supported decision grants under Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1,
2.4section 61. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.
2Sec. 2.
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