1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; establishing a funding mechanism for the PACE 
1.3 	program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DIRECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER; FUTURE PACE 
1.6 	IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.
 1.7 	The commissioner of human services must work with stakeholders to develop 
1.8 	recommendations for financing mechanisms to complete the actuarial work and cover the 
1.9 	administrative costs of a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE). The 
1.10 	commissioner must recommend a financing mechanism that could begin July 1, 2024. By 
1.11 	December 15, 2023, the commissioner shall inform the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.12 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care funding on the commissioner's 
1.13 	progress toward developing a recommended financing mechanism.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; INITIAL PACE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.
 1.15 	$265,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.16 	of human services to complete the initial actuarial and administrative work necessary to 
1.17 	recommend a financing mechanism for the operation of PACE under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.18 	section 256B.69, subdivision 23, paragraph (e).