1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for extended employment 
1.3 	services for persons with severe disabilities;amending Laws 2021, First Special 
1.4 	Session chapter 10, article 1, section 2, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 2, subdivision 
1.7 	6, is amended to read:

1.8	Subd. 6.Vocational Rehabilitation
 		36,691,000
		36,691,000

1.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.10	General
	28,861,000
	28,861,000
	
1.11
1.12	Workforce 
Development
	7,830,000
	7,830,000
	
1.13 	(a) $14,300,000 each year is for the state's 
1.14 	vocational rehabilitation program under 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268A.
1.16 	(b) $8,995,000 each year the first year and 
1.17 	$11,280,000 the second year from the general 
1.18 	fund and $6,830,000 each year from the 
1.19 	workforce development fund are for extended 
1.20 	employment services for persons with severe 
1.21 	disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.22 	268A.15. Of the amounts appropriated from 
1.23 	the general fund, $2,000,000 each year is for 
2.1 	maintaining prior rate increases to providers 
2.2 	of extended employment services for persons 
2.3 	with severe disabilities under Minnesota 
2.4 	Statutes, section 268A.15.
2.5 	(c) $2,555,000 each year is for grants to 
2.6 	programs that provide employment support 
2.7 	services to persons with mental illness under 
2.8 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 
2.9 	268A.14.
2.10 	(d) $3,011,000 each year is for grants to 
2.11 	centers for independent living under 
2.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11.
2.13 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
2.14 	development fund for grants under Minnesota 
2.15 	Statutes, section 268A.16, for employment 
2.16 	services for persons, including transition-age 
2.17 	youth, who are deaf, deafblind, or 
2.18 	hard-of-hearing. If the amount in the first year 
2.19 	is insufficient, the amount in the second year 
2.20 	is available in the first year.