1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; clarifying uses of certain fees; changing certain 
1.3 	appropriations and programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	214.06, subdivision 1a; Laws 2009, chapter 79, article 13, section 5, as amended.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 214.06, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Health occupations licensing account. Fees received by the 
1.8 	commissioner of health or health-related licensing boards must be credited to the health 
1.9 	occupations licensing account in the state government special revenue fund. The 
1.10 	commissioner of management and budget shall ensure that the revenues and expenditures 
1.11 	of each health-related licensing board are tracked separately in the health occupations 
1.12 	licensing account. The fees collected may be used only by the boards identified in section 
1.13 	214.01, subdivision 2, and only for the purposes of programs they administer.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 79, article 13, section 5, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 
1.15 	173, article 2, section 3, is amended to read:

1.16	Sec. 5. HEALTH-RELATED BOARDS

1.17
1.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation 
 	$
	14,034,000
14,147,000
	$
	13,848,000
13,946,000
	
1.19 	This appropriation is from the state 
1.20 	government special revenue fund.
1.21 	Transfer. In fiscal year 2011, $6,000,000 
1.22 	shall be transferred from the state government 
1.23 	special revenue fund to the general fund. 
2.1 	The boards must allocate this reduction to 
2.2 	boards carrying a positive balance as of July 
2.3 	1, 2009. No additional budget cuts will be 
2.4 	transferred to the general fund.
2.5 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.6 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.7 	subdivisions.

2.8	Subd. 2.Board of Chiropractic Examiners
 		447,000
		447,000

2.9	Subd. 3.Board of Dentistry
 		1,009,000
		1,009,000

2.10
2.11	Subd. 4.Board of Dietetic and Nutrition 
Practice
 		105,000
		105,000

2.12
2.13	Subd. 5.Board of Marriage and Family 
Therapy
 		137,000
184,000
		137,000
159,000
	
2.14 	Of this appropriation, $22,000 in fiscal 
2.15 	year 2010 and $22,000 in fiscal year 2011 
2.16 	are for operating costs. This is an ongoing 
2.17 	appropriation and part of the base. Of 
2.18 	this appropriation, $25,000 in fiscal year 
2.19 	2010 is for rulemaking. This is a onetime 
2.20 	appropriation.

2.21	Subd. 6.Board of Medical Practice
 		3,682,000
		3,682,000

2.22	Subd. 7.Board of Nursing
 		3,287,000
		3,289,000

2.23
2.24	Subd. 8.Board of Nursing Home 
Administrators
 		1,211,000
1,262,000
		1,023,000
1,084,000
	
2.25 	Administrative Services Unit - Operating 
2.26 	Costs. Of this appropriation, $524,000 
2.27 	in fiscal year 2010 and $526,000 in 
2.28 	fiscal year 2011 are for operating costs 
2.29 	of the administrative services unit. The 
2.30 	administrative services unit may receive 
2.31 	and expend reimbursements for services 
2.32 	performed by other agencies.
2.33 	Administrative Services Unit - Retirement 
2.34 	Costs. Of this appropriation in fiscal year 
3.1 	2010, $201,000 is for onetime retirement 
3.2 	costs in the health-related boards. This 
3.3 	funding may be transferred to the health 
3.4 	boards incurring those costs for their 
3.5 	payment. These funds are available either 
3.6 	year of the biennium.
3.7 	Administrative Services Unit - Volunteer 
3.8 	Health Care Provider Program. Of this 
3.9 	appropriation, $79,000 $130,000 in fiscal 
3.10 	year 2010 and $89,000 $150,000 in fiscal 
3.11 	year 2011 are to pay for medical professional 
3.12 	liability coverage required under Minnesota 
3.13 	Statutes, section 214.40.
3.14 	Administrative Services Unit - Contested 
3.15 	Cases and Other Legal Proceedings. Of 
3.16 	this appropriation, $200,000 in fiscal year 
3.17 	2010 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2011 are 
3.18 	for costs of contested case hearings and other 
3.19 	unanticipated costs of legal proceedings 
3.20 	involving health-related boards funded 
3.21 	under this section and for unforeseen 
3.22 	expenditures of an urgent nature. Upon 
3.23 	certification of a health-related board to the 
3.24 	administrative services unit that the costs 
3.25 	will be incurred and that there is insufficient 
3.26 	money available to pay for the costs out of 
3.27 	money currently available to that board, the 
3.28 	administrative services unit is authorized 
3.29 	to transfer money from this appropriation 
3.30 	to the board for payment of those costs 
3.31 	with the approval of the commissioner of 
3.32 	finance. This appropriation does not cancel. 
3.33 	Any unencumbered and unspent balances 
3.34 	remain available for these expenditures in 
3.35 	subsequent fiscal years.
4.1 	The boards receiving funds under this section 
4.2 	shall include these amounts when setting fees 
4.3 	to cover their costs.

4.4	Subd. 9.Board of Optometry
 		101,000
		101,000

4.5	Subd. 10.Board of Pharmacy
 		1,388,000 
		1,388,000

4.6	Subd. 11.Board of Physical Therapy
 		295,000
		295,000

4.7
4.8	Subd. 12.Board of Podiatry
 		56,000
71,000
		56,000
71,000

4.9	Subd. 13.Board of Psychology
 		806,000
		806,000

4.10	Subd. 14.Board of Social Work
 		921,000
		921,000

4.11	Subd. 15.Board of Veterinary Medicine
 		195,000
		195,000

4.12
4.13	Subd. 16.Board of Behavioral Health and 
Therapy
 		394,000
		394,000

4.14 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.15 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.