1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; clarifying terms for certain members of the Palliative Care 
1.3 	Advisory Council; eliminating the sunset on the Palliative Care Advisory Council; 
1.4 	requiring a report; appropriating money;repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.5 	144.059, subdivision 10.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. MEMBERSHIP TERMS; PALLIATIVE CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
 1.8 	Notwithstanding the terms of office specified to the members upon their appointment, 
1.9 	the terms for members appointed to the Palliative Care Advisory Council under Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 144.059, on or after February 1, 2022, shall be three years, as provided in 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.059, subdivision 3.

1.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.13 	(a) $150,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.14 	of human services for a study of the fiscal, medical, and social impacts of implementing a 
1.15 	palliative care benefit in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare. The commissioner shall 
1.16 	report the results of the study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.17 	committees with jurisdiction over health care by January 15, 2024.
1.18 	(b) $44,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $44,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.19 	the general fund to the commissioner of health for the Palliative Care Advisory Council 
1.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.059.

2.1 	Sec. 3. REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.059, subdivision 10, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 23-03020 

144.059 PALLIATIVE CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
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