1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; extending the expiration dates for the Board 
1.3 	of Medical Practices' advisory councils;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	sections 147A.27, subdivision 2; 147B.05, subdivision 2; 147C.35, subdivision 
1.5 	2; 147D.25, subdivision 2; 214.32, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 147A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Organization. The council shall be organized and administered under 
1.10 	section 15.059, except that the advisory council shall expire on June 30, 2007. 

1.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 147B.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 2.Administration; compensation; removal; quorum. The advisory council 
1.13 	is governed by section 15.059, except that the council does not expire until June 30, 2007.

1.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 147C.35, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subd. 2.Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered 
1.16 	under section 15.059. The council expires June 30, 2007.

1.17 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 147D.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 2.Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered 
1.19 	under section 15.059. The council expires June 30, 2007.

1.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 214.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subdivision 1.Management. (a) A Health Professionals Services Program 
2.2 	Committee is established, consisting of one person appointed by each participating board, 
2.3 	with each participating board having one vote. The committee shall designate one board 
2.4 	to provide administrative management of the program, set the program budget and the 
2.5 	pro rata share of program expenses to be borne by each participating board, provide 
2.6 	guidance on the general operation of the program, including hiring of program personnel, 
2.7 	and ensure that the program's direction is in accord with its authority. If the participating 
2.8 	boards change which board is designated to provide administrative management of 
2.9 	the program, any appropriation remaining for the program shall transfer to the newly 
2.10 	designated board on the effective date of the change. The participating boards must inform 
2.11 	the appropriate legislative committees and the commissioner of finance of any change 
2.12 	in the administrative management of the program, and the amount of any appropriation 
2.13 	transferred under this provision.
2.14 	(b) The designated board, upon recommendation of the Health Professional Services 
2.15 	Program Committee, shall hire the program manager and employees and pay expenses 
2.16 	of the program from funds appropriated for that purpose. The designated board may 
2.17 	apply for grants to pay program expenses and may enter into contracts on behalf of the 
2.18 	program to carry out the purposes of the program. The participating boards shall enter into 
2.19 	written agreements with the designated board.
2.20 	(c) An advisory committee is established to advise the program committee consisting 
2.21 	of:
2.22 	(1) one member appointed by each of the following: the Minnesota Academy of 
2.23 	Physician Assistants, the Minnesota Dental Association, the Minnesota Chiropractic 
2.24 	Association, the Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurse Association, the Minnesota Medical 
2.25 	Association, the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the Minnesota Podiatric Medicine 
2.26 	Association;
2.27 	(2) one member appointed by each of the professional associations of the other 
2.28 	professions regulated by a participating board not specified in clause (1); and
2.29 	(3) two public members, as defined by section 214.02. 
2.30 	Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for two years and members may 
2.31 	be reappointed.
2.32 	The advisory committee expires June 30, 2007.