1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; changing a provision on self-directed caregiver grants;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256.975, subdivision 12.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256.975, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 12.Self-directed caregiver grants. Beginning on July 1, 2019, the Minnesota 
1.7 	Board on Aging shall must, in consultation with area agencies on aging and other community 
1.8 	caregiver stakeholders, administer self-directed caregiver grants to support at-risk family 
1.9 	caregivers of older adults or others eligible under the Older Americans Act of 1965, United 
1.10 	States Code, title 42, chapter 35, sections 3001 to 3058ff, to sustain family caregivers in 
1.11 	the caregivers' roles so older adults can remain at home longer. The board shall give priority 
1.12 	to consumers referred under section 256.975, subdivision 7, paragraph (d). The board shall 
1.13 	annually report by January 15 to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.14 	committees with jurisdiction over human services on the self-directed caregiver grants.