1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; updating outdated terminology;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2012, sections 15.44; 124D.57; 127A.45, subdivision 12; 144.651, 
1.4 	subdivision 4; 145.88; 146A.11, subdivision 1; 148.512, subdivisions 12, 
1.5 	13; 150A.13, subdivision 6; 174.255, subdivision 1; 202A.13; 202A.155; 
1.6 	202A.156; 237.036; 237.16, subdivision 9; 240A.04; 240A.06, subdivisions 
1.7 	1, 2; 256.01, subdivision 2; 256C.24, subdivision 3; 256C.29; 299C.06; 
1.8 	326B.106, subdivisions 9, 11; 473.608, subdivision 22; 589.35, subdivision 1; 
1.9 	595.02, subdivision 1; 609.06, subdivision 1; 609.749, subdivision 2; 626.8455, 
1.10 	subdivision 1.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15.44, is amended to read:
1.13 	15.44 AIDS FOR ~~DISABLED~~ PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AT STATE 
1.14 	MEETINGS.
1.15 	After July 1, 1980, a state agency which sponsors, in whole or in part, a meeting 
1.16 	or conference for the public or for state employees shall ensure that a physically 
1.17 	disabled participant who gives reasonable advance notice to the agency will receive the 
1.18 	auxiliary aids necessary for effective participation. Auxiliary aids may include taped 
1.19 	or Brailled materials, interpreters or other effective means of making orally delivered 
1.20 	material available to participants ~~with hearing impairments~~ who are deaf, deafblind, and 
1.21 	hard-of-hearing, and equipment adaptable for use by participants with manual impairments 
1.22 	and other similar services and action; however, nothing in this section shall (1) require a 
1.23 	state agency to provide attendants, individually prescribed devices, or other devices or 
1.24 	services of a personal nature or (2) apply to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
1.25 	or the University of Minnesota with respect to classes, seminars or training programs 
1.26 	which are offered by them. When sign language interpreters are provided, they shall be 
2.1 	provided in a manner so that ~~hearing impaired~~ participants who are deaf, deafblind, and 
2.2 	hard-of-hearing will be able to see their signing clearly. For the purposes of this section, 
2.3 	"physically disabled" has the meaning given in section 326B.103, subdivision 10. For the 
2.4 	purposes of this section, "agency" means any state officer, employee, board, commission, 
2.5 	authority, department or other agency or the executive branch of state government.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.57, is amended to read:
2.7 	124D.57 ~~HEARING IMPAIRED~~ EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
2.8 	 FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD-OF-HEARING.
2.9 		Subdivision 1.Responsibility of commissioner. The commissioner shall coordinate 
2.10 	and may pay for support services for ~~hearing impaired~~ persons who are deaf, deafblind, 
2.11 	and hard-of-hearing to assure access to educational opportunities. Services may be 
2.12 	provided to adult students who are ~~hearing impaired~~ deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing
2.13 	 and (1) have been denied access to educational opportunities because of the lack of support 
2.14 	services or (2) are presently enrolled or (3) are contemplating enrollment in an educational 
2.15 	program and would benefit from support services. The commissioner shall also be 
2.16 	responsible for conducting in-service training for public and private agencies regarding 
2.17 	the needs of ~~hearing impaired~~ persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing in the 
2.18 	adult education system.
2.19 		Subd. 2.Support services. The commissioner may pay school districts or public or 
2.20 	private community agencies for the following support services:
2.21 	(1) interpreter services to provide translation for an individual or a group of students; 
2.22 	or
2.23 	(2) notetaker services to convert spoken language to written language when the 
2.24 	student must maintain visual contact with other persons such as an interpreter or instructor.
2.25 		Subd. 3.Programs included. Support services may be provided for:
2.26 	(1) local school district adult education programs;
2.27 	(2) adult technical college programs; and
2.28 	(3) avocational education programs sponsored by public or private community 
2.29 	agencies.

2.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.45, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
2.31 		Subd. 12.Payment percentage for certain aids.  One hundred percent of the aid for 
2.32 	the current fiscal year must be paid for the following aids: reimbursement for enrollment 
2.33 	options transportation, according to sections 124D.03, subdivision 8, 124D.09, subdivision 
2.34 	22, and 124D.10; school lunch aid, according to section 124D.111; and ~~hearing impaired~~
3.1 	 support services aid, for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing according 
3.2 	to section 124D.57.

3.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.651, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.4 		Subd. 4.Information about rights. Patients and residents shall, at admission, 
3.5 	be told that there are legal rights for their protection during their stay at the facility 
3.6 	or throughout their course of treatment and maintenance in the community and that 
3.7 	these are described in an accompanying written statement of the applicable rights and 
3.8 	responsibilities set forth in this section. In the case of patients admitted to residential 
3.9 	programs as defined in section 253C.01, the written statement shall also describe the 
3.10 	right of a person 16 years old or older to request release as provided in section 253B.04, 
3.11 	subdivision 2, and shall list the names and telephone numbers of individuals and 
3.12 	organizations that provide advocacy and legal services for patients in residential programs. 
3.13 	Reasonable accommodations shall be made for ~~those with communication impairments~~
3.14 	 people who have communication disabilities and those who speak a language other than 
3.15 	English. Current facility policies, inspection findings of state and local health authorities, 
3.16 	and further explanation of the written statement of rights shall be available to patients, 
3.17 	residents, their guardians or their chosen representatives upon reasonable request to 
3.18 	the administrator or other designated staff person, consistent with chapter 13, the Data 
3.19 	Practices Act, and section 626.557, relating to vulnerable adults.

3.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 145.88, is amended to read:
3.21 	145.88 PURPOSE.
3.22 	Federal money received by the Minnesota Department of Health, pursuant to United 
3.23 	States Code, title 42, sections 701 to 709, shall be expended to:
3.24 	(1) assure access to quality maternal and child health services for mothers and 
3.25 	children, especially those of low income and with limited availability to health services 
3.26 	and those children at risk of physical, neurological, emotional, and developmental 
3.27 	problems arising from chemical abuse by a mother during pregnancy;
3.28 	(2) reduce infant mortality and the incidence of preventable diseases and disabling 
3.29 	conditions among children;
3.30 	(3) reduce the need for inpatient and long-term care services and to otherwise 
3.31 	promote the health of mothers and children, especially by providing preventive and 
3.32 	primary care services for low-income mothers and children and prenatal, delivery and 
3.33 	postpartum care for low-income mothers;
4.1 	(4) provide rehabilitative services for blind and disabled children under age 16 
4.2 	receiving benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act; and
4.3 	(5) provide and locate medical, surgical, corrective and other service for children 
4.4 	~~who are crippled or who are suffering from conditions that lead to crippling~~ with special 
4.5 	health care needs.

4.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 146A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.7 		Subdivision 1.Scope. (a) All unlicensed complementary and alternative health 
4.8 	care practitioners shall provide to each complementary and alternative health care 
4.9 	client prior to providing treatment a written copy of the complementary and alternative 
4.10 	health care client bill of rights. A copy must also be posted in a prominent location 
4.11 	in the office of the unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner. 
4.12 	Reasonable accommodations shall be made for those clients who cannot read or who have 
4.13 	communication ~~impairments~~ disabilities and those who do not read or speak English. The 
4.14 	complementary and alternative health care client bill of rights shall include the following:
4.15 	(1) the name, complementary and alternative health care title, business address, and 
4.16 	telephone number of the unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner;
4.17 	(2) the degrees, training, experience, or other qualifications of the practitioner 
4.18 	regarding the complimentary and alternative health care being provided, followed by the 
4.19 	following statement in bold print:
4.20 	"THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS NOT ADOPTED ANY EDUCATIONAL 
4.21 	AND TRAINING STANDARDS FOR UNLICENSED COMPLEMENTARY AND 
4.22 	ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS. THIS STATEMENT OF 
4.23 	CREDENTIALS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
4.24 	Under Minnesota law, an unlicensed complementary and alternative health care 
4.25 	practitioner may not provide a medical diagnosis or recommend discontinuance of 
4.26 	medically prescribed treatments. If a client desires a diagnosis from a licensed physician, 
4.27 	chiropractor, or acupuncture practitioner, or services from a physician, chiropractor, nurse, 
4.28 	osteopath, physical therapist, dietitian, nutritionist, acupuncture practitioner, athletic 
4.29 	trainer, or any other type of health care provider, the client may seek such services at 
4.30 	any time.";
4.31 	(3) the name, business address, and telephone number of the practitioner's 
4.32 	supervisor, if any;
4.33 	(4) notice that a complementary and alternative health care client has the right to file a 
4.34 	complaint with the practitioner's supervisor, if any, and the procedure for filing complaints;
5.1 	(5) the name, address, and telephone number of the office of unlicensed 
5.2 	complementary and alternative health care practice and notice that a client may file 
5.3 	complaints with the office;
5.4 	(6) the practitioner's fees per unit of service, the practitioner's method of billing 
5.5 	for such fees, the names of any insurance companies that have agreed to reimburse the 
5.6 	practitioner, or health maintenance organizations with whom the practitioner contracts to 
5.7 	provide service, whether the practitioner accepts Medicare, medical assistance, or general 
5.8 	assistance medical care, and whether the practitioner is willing to accept partial payment, 
5.9 	or to waive payment, and in what circumstances;
5.10 	(7) a statement that the client has a right to reasonable notice of changes in services 
5.11 	or charges;
5.12 	(8) a brief summary, in plain language, of the theoretical approach used by the 
5.13 	practitioner in providing services to clients;
5.14 	(9) notice that the client has a right to complete and current information concerning 
5.15 	the practitioner's assessment and recommended service that is to be provided, including 
5.16 	the expected duration of the service to be provided;
5.17 	(10) a statement that clients may expect courteous treatment and to be free from 
5.18 	verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by the practitioner;
5.19 	(11) a statement that client records and transactions with the practitioner are 
5.20 	confidential, unless release of these records is authorized in writing by the client, or 
5.21 	otherwise provided by law;
5.22 	(12) a statement of the client's right to be allowed access to records and written 
5.23 	information from records in accordance with sections 144.291 to 144.298;
5.24 	(13) a statement that other services may be available in the community, including 
5.25 	where information concerning services is available;
5.26 	(14) a statement that the client has the right to choose freely among available 
5.27 	practitioners and to change practitioners after services have begun, within the limits of 
5.28 	health insurance, medical assistance, or other health programs;
5.29 	(15) a statement that the client has a right to coordinated transfer when there will 
5.30 	be a change in the provider of services;
5.31 	(16) a statement that the client may refuse services or treatment, unless otherwise 
5.32 	provided by law; and
5.33 	(17) a statement that the client may assert the client's rights without retaliation.
5.34 	(b) This section does not apply to an unlicensed complementary and alternative 
5.35 	health care practitioner who is employed by or is a volunteer in a hospital or hospice who 
5.36 	provides services to a client in a hospital or under an appropriate hospice plan of care. 
6.1 	Patients receiving complementary and alternative health care services in an inpatient 
6.2 	hospital or under an appropriate hospice plan of care shall have and be made aware of 
6.3 	the right to file a complaint with the hospital or hospice provider through which the 
6.4 	practitioner is employed or registered as a volunteer.

6.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.512, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
6.6 		Subd. 12.Practice of audiology. The "practice of audiology" means:
6.7 	(1) identification, assessment, and interpretation, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and 
6.8 	prevention of hearing disorders;
6.9 	(2) conservation of the auditory system function; development and implementation 
6.10 	of hearing conservation programs;
6.11 	(3) measurement, assessment, and interpretation of auditory and vestibular function;
6.12 	(4) selecting, fitting, and dispensing of assistive listening devices, alerting and 
6.13 	amplification devices, and systems for personal and public use, including hearing aids and 
6.14 	devices, and providing training in their use;
6.15 	(5) aural habilitation and rehabilitation and related counseling for ~~hearing impaired~~
6.16 	 individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing and their families;
6.17 	(6) screening of speech, language, voice, or fluency for the purposes of audiologic 
6.18 	evaluation or identification of possible communication disorders; or
6.19 	(7) supervision of the functions in clauses (1) to (6).
6.20 	The practice of audiology does not include the practice of medicine and surgery, 
6.21 	or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or medical diagnosis that is commonly performed 
6.22 	by a physician.

6.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.512, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
6.24 		Subd. 13.Practice of speech-language pathology. The "practice of 
6.25 	speech-language pathology" means:
6.26 	(1) identification, assessment, and interpretation, diagnosis, habilitation, 
6.27 	rehabilitation, treatment and prevention of disorders of speech, articulation, fluency, voice, 
6.28 	and language;
6.29 	(2) identification, assessment, and interpretation, diagnosis, habilitation, and 
6.30 	rehabilitation of disorders of oral-pharyngeal function and related disorders;
6.31 	(3) identification, assessment, and interpretation, diagnosis, habilitation, and 
6.32 	rehabilitation of communication disorders associated with cognition;
6.33 	(4) assessing, selecting, and developing augmentative and alternative communication 
6.34 	systems and providing training in their use;
7.1 	(5) aural habilitation and rehabilitation and related counseling for ~~hearing impaired~~
7.2 	 individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing and their families;
7.3 	(6) enhancing speech-language proficiency and communication effectiveness;
7.4 	(7) screening individuals for hearing loss or middle ear pathology for the purposes 
7.5 	of speech-language evaluation or for the identification of possible hearing disorders; or
7.6 	(8) supervision of the functions in clauses (1) to (7).
7.7 	The practice of speech-language pathology does not include the practice of medicine 
7.8 	and surgery, or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or medical diagnosis that is commonly 
7.9 	performed by a physician.

7.10 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 150A.13, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
7.11 		Subd. 6.Courts. The court administrator of district court or any other court of 
7.12 	competent jurisdiction shall report to the board any judgment or other determination 
7.13 	of the court that adjudges or includes a finding that a licensee is mentally ill, ~~mentally~~ 
7.14 	~~incompetent~~ unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety due to a mental condition, 
7.15 	guilty of a felony, guilty of a violation of federal or state narcotics laws or controlled 
7.16 	substances act, or guilty of an abuse or fraud under Medicare or Medicaid; or that appoints 
7.17 	a guardian of the licensee pursuant to sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502, or commits a 
7.18 	licensee pursuant to chapter 253B.

7.19 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.255, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.20 		Subdivision 1.Accessibility for people with disability. The commissioner shall 
7.21 	require any paratransit project receiving assistance under section 174.24 that includes the 
7.22 	operation of two or more vehicles other than automobiles or taxis to provide at least one 
7.23 	vehicle that is accessible to disabled individuals and may require additional accessible 
7.24 	vehicles if necessary to serve disabled individuals expected to use the project. A vehicle 
7.25 	is accessible if it is equipped to allow transportation of an individual ~~confined to~~ using a 
7.26 	wheelchair or using an orthopedic device.

7.27 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 202A.13, is amended to read:
7.28 	202A.13 COMMITTEES, CONVENTIONS.
7.29 	The rules of each major political party shall provide that for each congressional 
7.30 	district and each county or legislative district a convention shall be held at least once 
7.31 	every state general election year. Each major political party shall also provide for each 
7.32 	congressional district and each county or legislative district an executive committee 
7.33 	consisting of a chair and such other officers as may be necessary. The party rules may 
8.1 	provide for only one executive committee and one convention where any county and 
8.2 	congressional district have the same territorial limits.
8.3 	A ~~communicatively impaired~~ delegate or alternate who is deaf, deafblind, 
8.4 	or hard-of-hearing who needs interpreter services at a county, legislative district, 
8.5 	congressional district, or state convention shall so notify the executive committee of the 
8.6 	major political party unit whose convention the delegate or alternate plans to attend. 
8.7 	Written notice must be given by certified mail to the executive committee at least 30 days 
8.8 	before the convention date. The major political party, not later than 14 days before the 
8.9 	convention date, shall secure the services of one or more interpreters if available and shall 
8.10 	assume responsibility for the cost of the services. The state central committee of the major 
8.11 	political party shall determine the process for reimbursing interpreters.
8.12 	A visually impaired delegate or alternate to a county, legislative district, 
8.13 	congressional district, or state convention may notify the executive committee of the major 
8.14 	political party unit that the delegate or alternate requires convention materials in audio 
8.15 	tape, Braille, or large print format. Upon receiving the request, the executive committee 
8.16 	shall provide all official written convention materials as soon as they are available, so 
8.17 	that the visually impaired individual may have them converted to audio tape, Braille, or 
8.18 	large print format, prior to the convention.

8.19 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 202A.155, is amended to read:
8.20 	202A.155 INTERPRETER SERVICES; CAUCUS MATERIALS.
8.21 	~~A communicatively impaired~~ An individual who is deaf, deafblind, or 
8.22 	hard-of-hearing who needs interpreter services at a precinct caucus shall so notify the 
8.23 	major political party whose caucus the individual plans to attend. Notice must be given by 
8.24 	letter or electronic mail to the state office of the major political party before the precinct 
8.25 	caucus date. The major political party shall promptly attempt to secure the services of one 
8.26 	or more interpreters if available and shall assume responsibility for the cost of the services 
8.27 	if provided. The state central committee of the major political party shall determine the 
8.28 	process for reimbursing interpreters.
8.29 	A visually impaired individual may notify the county or legislative district 
8.30 	committee of the major political party whose precinct caucus the individual plans to 
8.31 	attend, that the individual requires caucus materials in audio tape, Braille, or large type 
8.32 	format. Upon receiving the request, the county or legislative district committee shall 
8.33 	provide all official written caucus materials as soon as they are available, so that the 
8.34 	visually impaired individual may have them converted to audio tape, Braille, or large 
8.35 	print format prior to the precinct caucus.

9.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 202A.156, is amended to read:
9.2 	202A.156 INTERPRETER SERVICES AND ACCESSIBLE PRECINCT 
9.3 	CAUCUS EXEMPTIONS.
9.4 	A major political party is not required to:
9.5 	(1) provide an interpreter for a convention or precinct caucus if it has made 
9.6 	documented good faith efforts to locate and assign an interpreter, including contacting an 
9.7 	interpreter referral center or regional service center for ~~the hearing impaired~~ people who 
9.8 	are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing, and no interpreters are available; or
9.9 	(2) hold a precinct caucus at a place that meets the accessibility standards for 
9.10 	precinct polling places specified in section 204B.16, subdivision 5, if it has made 
9.11 	documented good faith efforts to locate and secure an available accessible site within a 
9.12 	reasonable distance of the precinct, and no accessible site is available.

9.13 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.036, is amended to read:
9.14 	237.036 COIN-OPERATED OR PUBLIC PAY TELEPHONES.
9.15 	(a) Neither commission approval nor a commission certificate is required to:
9.16 	(1) site a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state; or
9.17 	(2) implement changes in service, services offered, rates, or location regarding a 
9.18 	coin-operated or public pay telephone. Registration under section 237.64 is required to 
9.19 	own or operate a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state.
9.20 	(b) This section does not change the authority of other state or local government 
9.21 	entities to regulate aspects of coin-operated or public pay telephone ownership, location, 
9.22 	or operation; however, an entity may not regulate aspects of these services that it did not 
9.23 	regulate prior to May 26, 1999. The commission shall retain the authority delegated to 
9.24 	it under federal and state law to protect the public interest with regard to coin-operated 
9.25 	or public pay telephones.
9.26 	(c) Owners and operators of coin-operated or public pay telephones are exempt from 
9.27 	sections 237.06, 237.07, 237.075, 237.09, 237.23, 237.295, and 237.39 and the annual 
9.28 	reporting requirement of section 237.11.
9.29 	(d) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones shall:
9.30 	(1) provide immediate coin-free access, to the extent technically feasible, to 911 
9.31 	emergency service or to another approved emergency service; and
9.32 	(2) provide free access to the telecommunications relay service for ~~the~~ 
9.33 	~~communication impaired~~ people with communication disabilities.
9.34 	(e) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones must post at each coin-operated 
9.35 	or public pay telephone location:
10.1 	(1) customer service and complaint information, including the name, address, and 
10.2 	telephone number of the owner of the coin-operated or public pay telephone and the 
10.3 	operator service handling calls from the coin-operated or public pay telephone; a toll-free 
10.4 	number of the appropriate telephone company for the resolution of complaints; and the 
10.5 	toll-free number of the public utilities commission; and
10.6 	(2) a toll-free number at which consumers can obtain pricing information regarding 
10.7 	rates, charges, terms, and conditions of local and long-distance calls.

10.8 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.16, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
10.9 		Subd. 9.Universal service fund. The commission shall establish and require 
10.10 	contributions to a universal service fund, to be supported by all providers of telephone 
10.11 	services, whether or not they are telephone companies under section 237.01, including, but 
10.12 	not limited to, local telephone companies, independent telephone companies, cooperative 
10.13 	telephone companies, municipal telephone companies, telecommunications carriers, 
10.14 	radio common carriers, personal communication service providers, and cellular carriers. 
10.15 	Services that should be considered for inclusion as universal include, at a minimum, 
10.16 	single-party service including access, usage and touch-tone capability; line quality 
10.17 	capable of carrying facsimile and data transmissions; equal access; emergency services 
10.18 	number capability; statewide telecommunications relay service for ~~the hearing-impaired~~
10.19 	 people with hearing loss; and blocking of long-distance toll services. The fund must be 
10.20 	administered and distributed in accordance with rules adopted by the commission and 
10.21 	designed to preserve the availability of universal service throughout the state. Any state 
10.22 	universal service fund must be coordinated with any federal universal service fund and be 
10.23 	consistent with section 254(b)(1) to (5) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 
10.24 	Public Law 104-104. The department shall make recommendations to the legislature by 
10.25 	January 1, 1996, regarding a plan for contributions to and expenditures from the universal 
10.26 	service fund. In particular, the department shall address the following issues:
10.27 	(1) what additional services should be included in the basic set of essential telephone 
10.28 	services which the state should encourage in its mandate to ensure universal service;
10.29 	(2) whether and how expenditures from the fund should be used to ensure citizens 
10.30 	access to local government and other public access programming; and
10.31 	(3) whether expenditures from the fund should be used to encourage construction 
10.32 	of infrastructure for, and access to, advanced services, especially in high-cost areas of 
10.33 	the state, and, if the commission determines the fund should be used for this purpose, a 
10.34 	plan to accomplish these goals.

11.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.04, is amended to read:
11.2 	240A.04 PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AMATEUR SPORTS.
11.3 	In addition to the powers and duties granted under section 240A.03, the commission 
11.4 	may:
11.5 	(1) promote the development of Olympic training centers;
11.6 	(2) promote physical fitness by promoting participation in sports;
11.7 	(3) develop, foster, and coordinate physical fitness services and programs;
11.8 	(4) sponsor amateur sport workshops, clinics, and conferences;
11.9 	(5) provide recognition for outstanding developments, achievements, and 
11.10 	contributions to amateur sports;
11.11 	(6) stimulate and promote amateur sport research;
11.12 	(7) collect, disseminate, and communicate amateur sport information;
11.13 	(8) promote amateur sport and physical fitness programs in schools and local 
11.14 	communities;
11.15 	(9) develop programs to promote personal health and physical fitness by participation 
11.16 	in amateur sports in cooperation with medical, dental, sports medicine, and similar 
11.17 	professional societies;
11.18 	(10) promote the development of recreational amateur sport opportunities 
11.19 	and activities in the state, including the means of facilitating acquisition, financing, 
11.20 	construction, and rehabilitation of sports facilities for the holding of amateur sporting 
11.21 	events;
11.22 	(11) promote national and international amateur sport competitions and events;
11.23 	(12) sanction or sponsor amateur sport competition;
11.24 	(13) take membership in regional or national amateur sports associations or 
11.25 	organizations; and
11.26 	(14) promote the ~~mainstreaming and normalization~~ inclusion of people with physical 
11.27 	disabilities ~~and visual and hearing impairments~~, visual impairments, and people who are 
11.28 	deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing in amateur sports.

11.29 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.30 		Subdivision 1.Sponsorship required. The commission may sponsor and sanction a 
11.31 	series of statewide amateur athletic games patterned after the winter and summer Olympic 
11.32 	Games, with variations as required by facilities, equipment, and expertise, and as necessary 
11.33 	to include people with physical disabilities ~~and visual and hearing impairments~~, people with 
11.34 	vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. The games 
12.1 	may be held annually beginning in 1989, if money and facilities are available, unless the 
12.2 	time of the games would conflict with other sporting events as the commission determines.

12.3 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.4 		Subd. 2.Limitations. The games must be designed to encourage the participation 
12.5 	of athletes representing a broad range of age groups, skill levels, Minnesota communities, 
12.6 	and people with physical disabilities ~~and visual and hearing impairments~~, people with 
12.7 	vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Primary 
12.8 	participants must be residents of Minnesota. Regional competitions to determine 
12.9 	participants in the games may be held throughout the state, and the top qualifiers in each 
12.10 	sport or the regional competitions are qualified to participate in the state amateur athletic 
12.11 	games. The games must be held at an appropriate site in the state.

12.12 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.13 		Subd. 2.Specific powers. Subject to the provisions of section 241.021, subdivision 
12.14 	2, the commissioner of human services shall carry out the specific duties in paragraphs (a) 
12.15 	through (cc):
12.16 	(a) Administer and supervise all forms of public assistance provided for by state law 
12.17 	and other welfare activities or services as are vested in the commissioner. Administration 
12.18 	and supervision of human services activities or services includes, but is not limited to, 
12.19 	assuring timely and accurate distribution of benefits, completeness of service, and quality 
12.20 	program management. In addition to administering and supervising human services 
12.21 	activities vested by law in the department, the commissioner shall have the authority to:
12.22 	(1) require county agency participation in training and technical assistance programs 
12.23 	to promote compliance with statutes, rules, federal laws, regulations, and policies 
12.24 	governing human services;
12.25 	(2) monitor, on an ongoing basis, the performance of county agencies in the 
12.26 	operation and administration of human services, enforce compliance with statutes, rules, 
12.27 	federal laws, regulations, and policies governing welfare services and promote excellence 
12.28 	of administration and program operation;
12.29 	(3) develop a quality control program or other monitoring program to review county 
12.30 	performance and accuracy of benefit determinations;
12.31 	(4) require county agencies to make an adjustment to the public assistance benefits 
12.32 	issued to any individual consistent with federal law and regulation and state law and rule 
12.33 	and to issue or recover benefits as appropriate;
13.1 	(5) delay or deny payment of all or part of the state and federal share of benefits and 
13.2 	administrative reimbursement according to the procedures set forth in section 256.017;
13.3 	(6) make contracts with and grants to public and private agencies and organizations, 
13.4 	both profit and nonprofit, and individuals, using appropriated funds; and
13.5 	(7) enter into contractual agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes with 
13.6 	a reservation in Minnesota to the extent necessary for the tribe to operate a federally 
13.7 	approved family assistance program or any other program under the supervision of the 
13.8 	commissioner. The commissioner shall consult with the affected county or counties in 
13.9 	the contractual agreement negotiations, if the county or counties wish to be included, 
13.10 	in order to avoid the duplication of county and tribal assistance program services. The 
13.11 	commissioner may establish necessary accounts for the purposes of receiving and 
13.12 	disbursing funds as necessary for the operation of the programs.
13.13 	(b) Inform county agencies, on a timely basis, of changes in statute, rule, federal law, 
13.14 	regulation, and policy necessary to county agency administration of the programs.
13.15 	(c) Administer and supervise all child welfare activities; promote the enforcement of 
13.16 	laws protecting disabled, dependent, neglected and delinquent children, and children born 
13.17 	to mothers who were not married to the children's fathers at the times of the conception 
13.18 	nor at the births of the children; license and supervise child-caring and child-placing 
13.19 	agencies and institutions; supervise the care of children in boarding and foster homes or 
13.20 	in private institutions; and generally perform all functions relating to the field of child 
13.21 	welfare now vested in the State Board of Control.
13.22 	(d) Administer and supervise all noninstitutional service to ~~disabled persons,~~ 
13.23 	~~including those who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, or physically impaired~~ 
13.24 	~~or otherwise disabled~~ persons with disabilities, including persons who have vision 
13.25 	impairments, and persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing or with other 
13.26 	physical disabilities. The commissioner may provide and contract for the care and 
13.27 	treatment of qualified indigent children in facilities other than those located and available 
13.28 	at state hospitals when it is not feasible to provide the service in state hospitals.
13.29 	(e) Assist and actively cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, 
13.30 	local, state, and federal, by performing services in conformity with the purposes of Laws 
13.31 	1939, chapter 431.
13.32 	(f) Act as the agent of and cooperate with the federal government in matters of 
13.33 	mutual concern relative to and in conformity with the provisions of Laws 1939, chapter 
13.34 	431, including the administration of any federal funds granted to the state to aid in the 
13.35 	performance of any functions of the commissioner as specified in Laws 1939, chapter 431, 
13.36 	and including the promulgation of rules making uniformly available medical care benefits 
14.1 	to all recipients of public assistance, at such times as the federal government increases its 
14.2 	participation in assistance expenditures for medical care to recipients of public assistance, 
14.3 	the cost thereof to be borne in the same proportion as are grants of aid to said recipients.
14.4 	(g) Establish and maintain any administrative units reasonably necessary for the 
14.5 	performance of administrative functions common to all divisions of the department.
14.6 	(h) Act as designated guardian of both the estate and the person of all the wards of 
14.7 	the state of Minnesota, whether by operation of law or by an order of court, without any 
14.8 	further act or proceeding whatever, except as to persons committed as developmentally 
14.9 	disabled. For children under the guardianship of the commissioner or a tribe in Minnesota 
14.10 	recognized by the Secretary of the Interior whose interests would be best served by 
14.11 	adoptive placement, the commissioner may contract with a licensed child-placing agency 
14.12 	or a Minnesota tribal social services agency to provide adoption services. A contract 
14.13 	with a licensed child-placing agency must be designed to supplement existing county 
14.14 	efforts and may not replace existing county programs or tribal social services, unless the 
14.15 	replacement is agreed to by the county board and the appropriate exclusive bargaining 
14.16 	representative, tribal governing body, or the commissioner has evidence that child 
14.17 	placements of the county continue to be substantially below that of other counties. Funds 
14.18 	encumbered and obligated under an agreement for a specific child shall remain available 
14.19 	until the terms of the agreement are fulfilled or the agreement is terminated.
14.20 	(i) Act as coordinating referral and informational center on requests for service for 
14.21 	newly arrived immigrants coming to Minnesota.
14.22 	(j) The specific enumeration of powers and duties as hereinabove set forth shall in no 
14.23 	way be construed to be a limitation upon the general transfer of powers herein contained.
14.24 	(k) Establish county, regional, or statewide schedules of maximum fees and charges 
14.25 	which may be paid by county agencies for medical, dental, surgical, hospital, nursing and 
14.26 	nursing home care and medicine and medical supplies under all programs of medical 
14.27 	care provided by the state and for congregate living care under the income maintenance 
14.28 	programs.
14.29 	(l) Have the authority to conduct and administer experimental projects to test methods 
14.30 	and procedures of administering assistance and services to recipients or potential recipients 
14.31 	of public welfare. To carry out such experimental projects, it is further provided that the 
14.32 	commissioner of human services is authorized to waive the enforcement of existing specific 
14.33 	statutory program requirements, rules, and standards in one or more counties. The order 
14.34 	establishing the waiver shall provide alternative methods and procedures of administration, 
14.35 	shall not be in conflict with the basic purposes, coverage, or benefits provided by law, and 
14.36 	in no event shall the duration of a project exceed four years. It is further provided that no 
15.1 	order establishing an experimental project as authorized by the provisions of this section 
15.2 	shall become effective until the following conditions have been met:
15.3 	(1) the secretary of health and human services of the United States has agreed, for 
15.4 	the same project, to waive state plan requirements relative to statewide uniformity; and
15.5 	(2) a comprehensive plan, including estimated project costs, shall be approved by 
15.6 	the Legislative Advisory Commission and filed with the commissioner of administration.
15.7 	(m) According to federal requirements, establish procedures to be followed by 
15.8 	local welfare boards in creating citizen advisory committees, including procedures for 
15.9 	selection of committee members.
15.10 	(n) Allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions which are based on quality 
15.11 	control error rates for the aid to families with dependent children program formerly 
15.12 	codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, medical assistance, or food stamp program in the 
15.13 	following manner:
15.14 	(1) one-half of the total amount of the disallowance shall be borne by the county 
15.15 	boards responsible for administering the programs. For the medical assistance and the 
15.16 	AFDC program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, disallowances shall be 
15.17 	shared by each county board in the same proportion as that county's expenditures for the 
15.18 	sanctioned program are to the total of all counties' expenditures for the AFDC program 
15.19 	formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, and medical assistance programs. For the 
15.20 	food stamp program, sanctions shall be shared by each county board, with 50 percent of 
15.21 	the sanction being distributed to each county in the same proportion as that county's 
15.22 	administrative costs for food stamps are to the total of all food stamp administrative costs 
15.23 	for all counties, and 50 percent of the sanctions being distributed to each county in the 
15.24 	same proportion as that county's value of food stamp benefits issued are to the total of 
15.25 	all benefits issued for all counties. Each county shall pay its share of the disallowance 
15.26 	to the state of Minnesota. When a county fails to pay the amount due hereunder, the 
15.27 	commissioner may deduct the amount from reimbursement otherwise due the county, or 
15.28 	the attorney general, upon the request of the commissioner, may institute civil action 
15.29 	to recover the amount due; and
15.30 	(2) notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1), if the disallowance results from 
15.31 	knowing noncompliance by one or more counties with a specific program instruction, and 
15.32 	that knowing noncompliance is a matter of official county board record, the commissioner 
15.33 	may require payment or recover from the county or counties, in the manner prescribed in 
15.34 	clause (1), an amount equal to the portion of the total disallowance which resulted from the 
15.35 	noncompliance, and may distribute the balance of the disallowance according to clause (1).
16.1 	(o) Develop and implement special projects that maximize reimbursements and 
16.2 	result in the recovery of money to the state. For the purpose of recovering state money, 
16.3 	the commissioner may enter into contracts with third parties. Any recoveries that result 
16.4 	from projects or contracts entered into under this paragraph shall be deposited in the 
16.5 	state treasury and credited to a special account until the balance in the account reaches 
16.6 	$1,000,000. When the balance in the account exceeds $1,000,000, the excess shall be 
16.7 	transferred and credited to the general fund. All money in the account is appropriated to 
16.8 	the commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph.
16.9 	(p) Have the authority to make direct payments to facilities providing shelter 
16.10 	to women and their children according to section 256D.05, subdivision 3. Upon 
16.11 	the written request of a shelter facility that has been denied payments under section 
16.12 	256D.05, subdivision 3, the commissioner shall review all relevant evidence and make 
16.13 	a determination within 30 days of the request for review regarding issuance of direct 
16.14 	payments to the shelter facility. Failure to act within 30 days shall be considered a 
16.15 	determination not to issue direct payments.
16.16 	(q) Have the authority to establish and enforce the following county reporting 
16.17 	requirements:
16.18 	(1) the commissioner shall establish fiscal and statistical reporting requirements 
16.19 	necessary to account for the expenditure of funds allocated to counties for human 
16.20 	services programs. When establishing financial and statistical reporting requirements, the 
16.21 	commissioner shall evaluate all reports, in consultation with the counties, to determine if 
16.22 	the reports can be simplified or the number of reports can be reduced;
16.23 	(2) the county board shall submit monthly or quarterly reports to the department 
16.24 	as required by the commissioner. Monthly reports are due no later than 15 working days 
16.25 	after the end of the month. Quarterly reports are due no later than 30 calendar days after 
16.26 	the end of the quarter, unless the commissioner determines that the deadline must be 
16.27 	shortened to 20 calendar days to avoid jeopardizing compliance with federal deadlines 
16.28 	or risking a loss of federal funding. Only reports that are complete, legible, and in the 
16.29 	required format shall be accepted by the commissioner;
16.30 	(3) if the required reports are not received by the deadlines established in clause (2), 
16.31 	the commissioner may delay payments and withhold funds from the county board until 
16.32 	the next reporting period. When the report is needed to account for the use of federal 
16.33 	funds and the late report results in a reduction in federal funding, the commissioner shall 
16.34 	withhold from the county boards with late reports an amount equal to the reduction in 
16.35 	federal funding until full federal funding is received;
17.1 	(4) a county board that submits reports that are late, illegible, incomplete, or not 
17.2 	in the required format for two out of three consecutive reporting periods is considered 
17.3 	noncompliant. When a county board is found to be noncompliant, the commissioner 
17.4 	shall notify the county board of the reason the county board is considered noncompliant 
17.5 	and request that the county board develop a corrective action plan stating how the 
17.6 	county board plans to correct the problem. The corrective action plan must be submitted 
17.7 	to the commissioner within 45 days after the date the county board received notice 
17.8 	of noncompliance;
17.9 	(5) the final deadline for fiscal reports or amendments to fiscal reports is one year 
17.10 	after the date the report was originally due. If the commissioner does not receive a report 
17.11 	by the final deadline, the county board forfeits the funding associated with the report for 
17.12 	that reporting period and the county board must repay any funds associated with the 
17.13 	report received for that reporting period;
17.14 	(6) the commissioner may not delay payments, withhold funds, or require repayment 
17.15 	under clause (3) or (5) if the county demonstrates that the commissioner failed to 
17.16 	provide appropriate forms, guidelines, and technical assistance to enable the county to 
17.17 	comply with the requirements. If the county board disagrees with an action taken by the 
17.18 	commissioner under clause (3) or (5), the county board may appeal the action according 
17.19 	to sections 14.57 to 14.69; and
17.20 	(7) counties subject to withholding of funds under clause (3) or forfeiture or 
17.21 	repayment of funds under clause (5) shall not reduce or withhold benefits or services to 
17.22 	clients to cover costs incurred due to actions taken by the commissioner under clause 
17.23 	(3) or (5).
17.24 	(r) Allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions for audit exceptions when 
17.25 	federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions are based on a statewide random sample in direct 
17.26 	proportion to each county's claim for that period.
17.27 	(s) Be responsible for ensuring the detection, prevention, investigation, and 
17.28 	resolution of fraudulent activities or behavior by applicants, recipients, and other 
17.29 	participants in the human services programs administered by the department.
17.30 	(t) Require county agencies to identify overpayments, establish claims, and utilize 
17.31 	all available and cost-beneficial methodologies to collect and recover these overpayments 
17.32 	in the human services programs administered by the department.
17.33 	(u) Have the authority to administer a drug rebate program for drugs purchased 
17.34 	pursuant to the prescription drug program established under section 256.955 after the 
17.35 	beneficiary's satisfaction of any deductible established in the program. The commissioner 
17.36 	shall require a rebate agreement from all manufacturers of covered drugs as defined in 
18.1 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 13. Rebate agreements for prescription drugs delivered on 
18.2 	or after July 1, 2002, must include rebates for individuals covered under the prescription 
18.3 	drug program who are under 65 years of age. For each drug, the amount of the rebate shall 
18.4 	be equal to the rebate as defined for purposes of the federal rebate program in United 
18.5 	States Code, title 42, section 1396r-8. The manufacturers must provide full payment 
18.6 	within 30 days of receipt of the state invoice for the rebate within the terms and conditions 
18.7 	used for the federal rebate program established pursuant to section 1927 of title XIX of 
18.8 	the Social Security Act. The manufacturers must provide the commissioner with any 
18.9 	information necessary to verify the rebate determined per drug. The rebate program shall 
18.10 	utilize the terms and conditions used for the federal rebate program established pursuant to 
18.11 	section 1927 of title XIX of the Social Security Act.
18.12 	(v) Have the authority to administer the federal drug rebate program for drugs 
18.13 	purchased under the medical assistance program as allowed by section 1927 of title XIX 
18.14 	of the Social Security Act and according to the terms and conditions of section 1927. 
18.15 	Rebates shall be collected for all drugs that have been dispensed or administered in an 
18.16 	outpatient setting and that are from manufacturers who have signed a rebate agreement 
18.17 	with the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
18.18 	(w) Have the authority to administer a supplemental drug rebate program for drugs 
18.19 	purchased under the medical assistance program. The commissioner may enter into 
18.20 	supplemental rebate contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers and may require prior 
18.21 	authorization for drugs that are from manufacturers that have not signed a supplemental 
18.22 	rebate contract. Prior authorization of drugs shall be subject to the provisions of section 
18.23 	256B.0625, subdivision 13.
18.24 	(x) Operate the department's communication systems account established in Laws 
18.25 	1993, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, to manage shared 
18.26 	communication costs necessary for the operation of the programs the commissioner 
18.27 	supervises. A communications account may also be established for each regional 
18.28 	treatment center which operates communications systems. Each account must be used 
18.29 	to manage shared communication costs necessary for the operations of the programs the 
18.30 	commissioner supervises. The commissioner may distribute the costs of operating and 
18.31 	maintaining communication systems to participants in a manner that reflects actual usage. 
18.32 	Costs may include acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, staff time and 
18.33 	other costs as determined by the commissioner. Nonprofit organizations and state, county, 
18.34 	and local government agencies involved in the operation of programs the commissioner 
18.35 	supervises may participate in the use of the department's communications technology and 
18.36 	share in the cost of operation. The commissioner may accept on behalf of the state any 
19.1 	gift, bequest, devise or personal property of any kind, or money tendered to the state for 
19.2 	any lawful purpose pertaining to the communication activities of the department. Any 
19.3 	money received for this purpose must be deposited in the department's communication 
19.4 	systems accounts. Money collected by the commissioner for the use of communication 
19.5 	systems must be deposited in the state communication systems account and is appropriated 
19.6 	to the commissioner for purposes of this section.
19.7 	(y) Receive any federal matching money that is made available through the medical 
19.8 	assistance program for the consumer satisfaction survey. Any federal money received for 
19.9 	the survey is appropriated to the commissioner for this purpose. The commissioner may 
19.10 	expend the federal money received for the consumer satisfaction survey in either year of 
19.11 	the biennium.
19.12 	(z) Designate community information and referral call centers and incorporate 
19.13 	cost reimbursement claims from the designated community information and referral 
19.14 	call centers into the federal cost reimbursement claiming processes of the department 
19.15 	according to federal law, rule, and regulations. Existing information and referral centers 
19.16 	provided by Greater Twin Cities United Way or existing call centers for which Greater 
19.17 	Twin Cities United Way has legal authority to represent, shall be included in these 
19.18 	designations upon review by the commissioner and assurance that these services are 
19.19 	accredited and in compliance with national standards. Any reimbursement is appropriated 
19.20 	to the commissioner and all designated information and referral centers shall receive 
19.21 	payments according to normal department schedules established by the commissioner 
19.22 	upon final approval of allocation methodologies from the United States Department of 
19.23 	Health and Human Services Division of Cost Allocation or other appropriate authorities.
19.24 	(aa) Develop recommended standards for foster care homes that address the 
19.25 	components of specialized therapeutic services to be provided by foster care homes with 
19.26 	those services.
19.27 	(bb) Authorize the method of payment to or from the department as part of the 
19.28 	human services programs administered by the department. This authorization includes the 
19.29 	receipt or disbursement of funds held by the department in a fiduciary capacity as part of 
19.30 	the human services programs administered by the department.
19.31 	(cc) Have the authority to administer a drug rebate program for drugs purchased for 
19.32 	persons eligible for general assistance medical care under section 256D.03, subdivision 3. 
19.33 	For manufacturers that agree to participate in the general assistance medical care rebate 
19.34 	program, the commissioner shall enter into a rebate agreement for covered drugs as 
19.35 	defined in section 256B.0625, subdivisions 13 and 13d. For each drug, the amount of the 
19.36 	rebate shall be equal to the rebate as defined for purposes of the federal rebate program in 
20.1 	United States Code, title 42, section 1396r-8. The manufacturers must provide payment 
20.2 	within the terms and conditions used for the federal rebate program established under 
20.3 	section 1927 of title XIX of the Social Security Act. The rebate program shall utilize 
20.4 	the terms and conditions used for the federal rebate program established under section 
20.5 	1927 of title XIX of the Social Security Act.
20.6 	Effective January 1, 2006, drug coverage under general assistance medical care shall 
20.7 	be limited to those prescription drugs that:
20.8 	(1) are covered under the medical assistance program as described in section 
20.9 	256B.0625, subdivisions 13 and 13d; and
20.10 	(2) are provided by manufacturers that have fully executed general assistance 
20.11 	medical care rebate agreements with the commissioner and comply with such agreements. 
20.12 	Prescription drug coverage under general assistance medical care shall conform to 
20.13 	coverage under the medical assistance program according to section 256B.0625, 
20.14 	subdivisions 13 to 13g.
20.15 	The rebate revenues collected under the drug rebate program are deposited in the 
20.16 	general fund.

20.17 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256C.24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.18 		Subd. 3.Advisory committee. The director of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 
20.19 	Services Division shall appoint an advisory committee of up to nine persons 
20.20 	for each regional service area. Members shall include persons who are deaf, 
20.21 	deafblind, and hard-of-hearing, persons who ~~are communication-impaired~~ have 
20.22 	communication disabilities, parents of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, 
20.23 	parents of ~~communication-impaired~~ children who have communication disabilities, and 
20.24 	representatives of county and regional human services, including representatives of 
20.25 	private service providers. At least 50 percent of the members must be deaf or deafblind or 
20.26 	hard-of-hearing or ~~communication-impaired~~ have a communication disability. Committee 
20.27 	members shall serve for a three-year term and shall serve no more than two consecutive 
20.28 	terms. Each advisory committee shall elect a chair. The director of the Deaf and 
20.29 	Hard-of-Hearing Services Division shall assign staff to serve as nonvoting members of 
20.30 	the committee. Members shall not receive a per diem. Otherwise, the compensation, 
20.31 	removal of members, and filling of vacancies on the committee shall be as provided 
20.32 	in section 15.0575.

20.33 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256C.29, is amended to read:
20.34 	256C.29 COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES REQUIRED IN BUS TERMINALS.
21.1 	The operator of a bus terminal in the city of Minneapolis or St. Paul that serves 
21.2 	intercity buses, defined in section 168.002, subdivision 4, shall provide, in public areas in 
21.3 	the terminal, public pay telephones with telecommunications devices, commonly known 
21.4 	as "TDD's," that permit a ~~communication-impaired~~ person who has a communication 
21.5 	disability to communicate with others by telephone. The operator shall place signs at 
21.6 	strategic locations in and about the terminal indicating where the telephones are available.

21.7 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.06, is amended to read:
21.8 	299C.06 DIVISION POWERS AND DUTIES; COOPERATION.
21.9 	It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, prison wardens, superintendents 
21.10 	of ~~insane~~ hospitals for persons with mental illness, reformatories, and correctional schools, 
21.11 	probation and parole officers, school attendance officers, coroners, county attorneys, court 
21.12 	clerks, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of transportation, and the state 
21.13 	fire marshal to furnish to the division statistics and information regarding the number of 
21.14 	crimes reported and discovered; arrests made; complaints, informations, and indictments 
21.15 	filed, and the disposition made of same; pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted 
21.16 	or denied; conditional release information; receipts, transfers, and discharges to and from 
21.17 	prisons, reformatories, correctional schools, and other institutions; paroles granted and 
21.18 	revoked; commutation of sentences and pardons granted and rescinded; and all other data 
21.19 	useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this state and to form a basis for 
21.20 	the study of crime, police methods, court procedure, and penal problems. Such statistics 
21.21 	and information shall be furnished upon the request of the division and upon such forms 
21.22 	as may be prescribed and furnished by it. Unless otherwise required or permitted by the 
21.23 	superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, an agency or person furnishing 
21.24 	information under this section must utilize a nationally recognized system or standard 
21.25 	approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for reporting statistics and information. 
21.26 	The division shall have the power to inspect and prescribe the form and substance of the 
21.27 	records kept by those officials from which the information is so furnished.

21.28 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 326B.106, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
21.29 		Subd. 9.Accessibility. (a) Public buildings. The code must provide for making 
21.30 	public buildings constructed or remodeled after July 1, 1963, accessible to and usable by 
21.31 	persons with disabilities, although this does not require the remodeling of public buildings 
21.32 	solely to provide accessibility and usability to persons with disabilities when remodeling 
21.33 	would not otherwise be undertaken.
22.1 	(b) Leased space. No agency of the state may lease space for agency operations 
22.2 	in a non-state-owned building unless the building satisfies the requirements of the State 
22.3 	Building Code for accessibility by persons with disabilities, or is eligible to display the 
22.4 	state symbol of accessibility. This limitation applies to leases of 30 days or more for 
22.5 	space of at least 1,000 square feet.
22.6 	(c) Meetings or conferences. Meetings or conferences for the public or for state 
22.7 	employees which are sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency must be held in 
22.8 	buildings that meet the State Building Code requirements relating to accessibility for 
22.9 	persons with disabilities. This subdivision does not apply to any classes, seminars, 
22.10 	or training programs offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or the 
22.11 	University of Minnesota. Meetings or conferences intended for specific individuals none 
22.12 	of whom need the accessibility features for persons with disabilities specified in the State 
22.13 	Building Code need not comply with this subdivision unless a person with a disability 
22.14 	gives reasonable advance notice of an intent to attend the meeting or conference. When 
22.15 	sign language interpreters will be provided, meetings or conference sites must be chosen 
22.16 	which allow ~~hearing impaired~~ participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to see ~~their~~ 
22.17 	~~signing~~ the sign language interpreters clearly.
22.18 	(d) Exemptions. The commissioner may grant an exemption from the requirements 
22.19 	of paragraphs (b) and (c) in advance if an agency has demonstrated that reasonable efforts 
22.20 	were made to secure facilities which complied with those requirements and if the selected 
22.21 	facilities are the best available for access for persons with disabilities. Exemptions shall 
22.22 	be granted using criteria developed by the commissioner in consultation with the Council 
22.23 	on Disability.
22.24 	(e) Symbol indicating access. The wheelchair symbol adopted by Rehabilitation 
22.25 	International's Eleventh World Congress is the state symbol indicating buildings, facilities, 
22.26 	and grounds which are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. In the 
22.27 	interests of uniformity, this symbol is the sole symbol for display in or on all public or 
22.28 	private buildings, facilities, and grounds which qualify for its use. The secretary of 
22.29 	state shall obtain the symbol and keep it on file. No building, facility, or grounds may 
22.30 	display the symbol unless it is in compliance with the rules adopted by the commissioner 
22.31 	under subdivision 1. Before any rules are proposed for adoption under this paragraph, 
22.32 	the commissioner shall consult with the Council on Disability. Rules adopted under this 
22.33 	paragraph must be enforced in the same way as other accessibility rules of the State 
22.34 	Building Code.

22.35 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 326B.106, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
23.1 		Subd. 11.Access for ~~the hearing-impaired~~ people with a hearing loss. All rooms 
23.2 	in the State Office Building and in the Capitol that are used by the house of representatives 
23.3 	or the senate for legislative hearings, and the public galleries overlooking the house of 
23.4 	representatives and senate chambers, must be fitted with assistive listening devices for ~~the~~ 
23.5 	~~hearing-impaired~~ people with hearing loss. Each hearing room and the public galleries 
23.6 	must have a sufficient number of receivers available so that ~~hearing-impaired~~ members of 
23.7 	the public who have hearing loss may participate in the committee hearings and public 
23.8 	sessions of the house of representatives and senate.

23.9 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.608, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
23.10 		Subd. 22.TDD phones. The commission shall provide, in public areas at 
23.11 	the international airport, public pay telephones with telecommunications devices, 
23.12 	commonly known as "TDD's," that permit a ~~communication-impaired~~ person who has 
23.13 	a communication disability to communicate with others by telephone. The commission 
23.14 	shall provide one such telephone on each concourse of the main terminal, one in the main 
23.15 	ticketing area of the main terminal, and one in the Humphrey Terminal. The commission 
23.16 	shall place signs at strategic locations in and about the terminals indicating where the 
23.17 	telephones are available.

23.18 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 589.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.19 		Subdivision 1.Order. Except as provided in this chapter and chapter 590, a court 
23.20 	requiring the appearance of a person confined in a state correctional facility, ~~mental~~
23.21 	 hospital for persons with mental illness, or other institution after criminal conviction, civil 
23.22 	commitment, or under court order, may order the confining institution to release the person 
23.23 	into the temporary custody of the court. The order must specify:
23.24 	(1) the reason for the person's appearance;
23.25 	(2) to whom the confined person may be released; and
23.26 	(3) the date and time of the release.

23.27 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 595.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.28 		Subdivision 1.Competency of witnesses. Every person of sufficient understanding, 
23.29 	including a party, may testify in any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in court or 
23.30 	before any person who has authority to receive evidence, except as provided in this 
23.31 	subdivision:
23.32 	(a) A husband cannot be examined for or against his wife without her consent, nor a 
23.33 	wife for or against her husband without his consent, nor can either, during the marriage or 
24.1 	afterwards, without the consent of the other, be examined as to any communication made 
24.2 	by one to the other during the marriage. This exception does not apply to a civil action or 
24.3 	proceeding by one against the other, nor to a criminal action or proceeding for a crime 
24.4 	committed by one against the other or against a child of either or against a child under the 
24.5 	care of either spouse, nor to a criminal action or proceeding in which one is charged with 
24.6 	homicide or an attempt to commit homicide and the date of the marriage of the defendant 
24.7 	is subsequent to the date of the offense, nor to an action or proceeding for nonsupport, 
24.8 	neglect, dependency, or termination of parental rights.
24.9 	(b) An attorney cannot, without the consent of the attorney's client, be examined as 
24.10 	to any communication made by the client to the attorney or the attorney's advice given 
24.11 	thereon in the course of professional duty; nor can any employee of the attorney be 
24.12 	examined as to the communication or advice, without the client's consent.
24.13 	(c) A member of the clergy or other minister of any religion shall not, without the 
24.14 	consent of the party making the confession, be allowed to disclose a confession made to 
24.15 	the member of the clergy or other minister in a professional character, in the course of 
24.16 	discipline enjoined by the rules or practice of the religious body to which the member of 
24.17 	the clergy or other minister belongs; nor shall a member of the clergy or other minister of 
24.18 	any religion be examined as to any communication made to the member of the clergy or 
24.19 	other minister by any person seeking religious or spiritual advice, aid, or comfort or advice 
24.20 	given thereon in the course of the member of the clergy's or other minister's professional 
24.21 	character, without the consent of the person.
24.22 	(d) A licensed physician or surgeon, dentist, or chiropractor shall not, without the 
24.23 	consent of the patient, be allowed to disclose any information or any opinion based thereon 
24.24 	which the professional acquired in attending the patient in a professional capacity, and 
24.25 	which was necessary to enable the professional to act in that capacity; after the decease 
24.26 	of the patient, in an action to recover insurance benefits, where the insurance has been 
24.27 	in existence two years or more, the beneficiaries shall be deemed to be the personal 
24.28 	representatives of the deceased person for the purpose of waiving this privilege, and no 
24.29 	oral or written waiver of the privilege shall have any binding force or effect except when 
24.30 	made upon the trial or examination where the evidence is offered or received.
24.31 	(e) A public officer shall not be allowed to disclose communications made to the 
24.32 	officer in official confidence when the public interest would suffer by the disclosure.
24.33 	(f) Persons of unsound mind and persons intoxicated at the time of their production 
24.34 	for examination are not competent witnesses if they lack capacity to remember or to relate 
24.35 	truthfully facts respecting which they are examined.
25.1 	(g) A registered nurse, psychologist, consulting psychologist, or licensed social 
25.2 	worker engaged in a psychological or social assessment or treatment of an individual 
25.3 	at the individual's request shall not, without the consent of the professional's client, be 
25.4 	allowed to disclose any information or opinion based thereon which the professional has 
25.5 	acquired in attending the client in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to 
25.6 	enable the professional to act in that capacity. Nothing in this clause exempts licensed 
25.7 	social workers from compliance with the provisions of sections 626.556 and 626.557.
25.8 	(h) An interpreter for a person disabled in communication shall not, without the 
25.9 	consent of the person, be allowed to disclose any communication if the communication 
25.10 	would, if the interpreter were not present, be privileged. For purposes of this section, a 
25.11 	"person disabled in communication" means a person who, because of a hearing, speech 
25.12 	or other communication disorder, or because of the inability to speak or comprehend the 
25.13 	English language, is unable to understand the proceedings in which the person is required 
25.14 	to participate. The presence of an interpreter as an aid to communication does not destroy 
25.15 	an otherwise existing privilege.
25.16 	(i) Licensed chemical dependency counselors shall not disclose information or 
25.17 	an opinion based on the information which they acquire from persons consulting them 
25.18 	in their professional capacities, and which was necessary to enable them to act in that 
25.19 	capacity, except that they may do so:
25.20 	(1) when informed consent has been obtained in writing, except in those 
25.21 	circumstances in which not to do so would violate the law or would result in clear and 
25.22 	imminent danger to the client or others;
25.23 	(2) when the communications reveal the contemplation or ongoing commission 
25.24 	of a crime; or
25.25 	(3) when the consulting person waives the privilege by bringing suit or filing charges 
25.26 	against the licensed professional whom that person consulted.
25.27 	(j) A parent or the parent's minor child may not be examined as to any communication 
25.28 	made in confidence by the minor to the minor's parent. A communication is confidential if 
25.29 	made out of the presence of persons not members of the child's immediate family living 
25.30 	in the same household. This exception may be waived by express consent to disclosure 
25.31 	by a parent entitled to claim the privilege or by the child who made the communication 
25.32 	or by failure of the child or parent to object when the contents of a communication are 
25.33 	demanded. This exception does not apply to a civil action or proceeding by one spouse 
25.34 	against the other or by a parent or child against the other, nor to a proceeding to commit 
25.35 	either the child or parent to whom the communication was made or to place the person or 
25.36 	property or either under the control of another because of an alleged mental or physical 
26.1 	condition, nor to a criminal action or proceeding in which the parent is charged with a 
26.2 	crime committed against the person or property of the communicating child, the parent's 
26.3 	spouse, or a child of either the parent or the parent's spouse, or in which a child is charged 
26.4 	with a crime or act of delinquency committed against the person or property of a parent 
26.5 	or a child of a parent, nor to an action or proceeding for termination of parental rights, 
26.6 	nor any other action or proceeding on a petition alleging child abuse, child neglect, 
26.7 	abandonment or nonsupport by a parent.
26.8 	(k) Sexual assault counselors may not be allowed to disclose any opinion or 
26.9 	information received from or about the victim without the consent of the victim. However, 
26.10 	a counselor may be compelled to identify or disclose information in investigations or 
26.11 	proceedings related to neglect or termination of parental rights if the court determines good 
26.12 	cause exists. In determining whether to compel disclosure, the court shall weigh the public 
26.13 	interest and need for disclosure against the effect on the victim, the treatment relationship, 
26.14 	and the treatment services if disclosure occurs. Nothing in this clause exempts sexual 
26.15 	assault counselors from compliance with the provisions of sections 626.556 and 626.557.
26.16 	"Sexual assault counselor" for the purpose of this section means a person who has 
26.17 	undergone at least 40 hours of crisis counseling training and works under the direction 
26.18 	of a supervisor in a crisis center, whose primary purpose is to render advice, counseling, 
26.19 	or assistance to victims of sexual assault.
26.20 	(l) A domestic abuse advocate may not be compelled to disclose any opinion or 
26.21 	information received from or about the victim without the consent of the victim unless 
26.22 	ordered by the court. In determining whether to compel disclosure, the court shall weigh 
26.23 	the public interest and need for disclosure against the effect on the victim, the relationship 
26.24 	between the victim and domestic abuse advocate, and the services if disclosure occurs. 
26.25 	Nothing in this paragraph exempts domestic abuse advocates from compliance with the 
26.26 	provisions of sections 626.556 and 626.557.
26.27 	For the purposes of this section, "domestic abuse advocate" means an employee or 
26.28 	supervised volunteer from a community-based battered women's shelter and domestic 
26.29 	abuse program eligible to receive grants under section 611A.32; that provides information, 
26.30 	advocacy, crisis intervention, emergency shelter, or support to victims of domestic abuse 
26.31 	and who is not employed by or under the direct supervision of a law enforcement agency, 
26.32 	a prosecutor's office, or by a city, county, or state agency.
26.33 	(m) A person cannot be examined as to any communication or document, including 
26.34 	work notes, made or used in the course of or because of mediation pursuant to an 
26.35 	agreement to mediate. This does not apply to the parties in the dispute in an application 
26.36 	to a court by a party to have a mediated settlement agreement set aside or reformed. 
27.1 	A communication or document otherwise not privileged does not become privileged 
27.2 	because of this paragraph. This paragraph is not intended to limit the privilege accorded 
27.3 	to communication during mediation by the common law.
27.4 	(n) A child under ten years of age is a competent witness unless the court finds that 
27.5 	the child lacks the capacity to remember or to relate truthfully facts respecting which the 
27.6 	child is examined. A child describing any act or event may use language appropriate for 
27.7 	a child of that age.
27.8 	(o) A communication assistant for a telecommunications relay system for 
27.9 	~~communication-impaired~~ persons who have communication disabilities shall not, 
27.10 	without the consent of the person making the communication, be allowed to disclose 
27.11 	communications made to the communication assistant for the purpose of relaying.

27.12 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.13 		Subdivision 1.When authorized. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, 
27.14 	reasonable force may be used upon or toward the person of another without the other's 
27.15 	consent when the following circumstances exist or the actor reasonably believes them to 
27.16 	exist:
27.17 	(1) when used by a public officer or one assisting a public officer under the public 
27.18 	officer's direction:
27.19 	(a) in effecting a lawful arrest; or
27.20 	(b) in the execution of legal process; or
27.21 	(c) in enforcing an order of the court; or
27.22 	(d) in executing any other duty imposed upon the public officer by law; or
27.23 	(2) when used by a person not a public officer in arresting another in the cases and in 
27.24 	the manner provided by law and delivering the other to an officer competent to receive 
27.25 	the other into custody; or
27.26 	(3) when used by any person in resisting or aiding another to resist an offense 
27.27 	against the person; or
27.28 	(4) when used by any person in lawful possession of real or personal property, or 
27.29 	by another assisting the person in lawful possession, in resisting a trespass upon or other 
27.30 	unlawful interference with such property; or
27.31 	(5) when used by any person to prevent the escape, or to retake following the escape, 
27.32 	of a person lawfully held on a charge or conviction of a crime; or
27.33 	(6) when used by a parent, guardian, teacher, or other lawful custodian of a child or 
27.34 	pupil, in the exercise of lawful authority, to restrain or correct such child or pupil; or
28.1 	(7) when used by a school employee or school bus driver, in the exercise of lawful 
28.2 	authority, to restrain a child or pupil, or to prevent bodily harm or death to another; or
28.3 	(8) when used by a common carrier in expelling a passenger who refuses to obey a 
28.4 	lawful requirement for the conduct of passengers and reasonable care is exercised with 
28.5 	regard to the passenger's personal safety; or
28.6 	(9) when used to restrain a person who is mentally ill or ~~mentally defective~~
28.7 	 developmentally disabled from self-injury or injury to another or when used by one with 
28.8 	authority to do so to compel compliance with reasonable requirements for the person's 
28.9 	control, conduct, or treatment; or
28.10 	(10) when used by a public or private institution providing custody or treatment 
28.11 	against one lawfully committed to it to compel compliance with reasonable requirements 
28.12 	for the control, conduct, or treatment of the committed person.

28.13 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.749, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.14 		Subd. 2. Stalking crimes.  A person who stalks another by committing any of the 
28.15 	following acts is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:
28.16 	(1) directly or indirectly, or through third parties, manifests a purpose or intent to 
28.17 	injure the person, property, or rights of another by the commission of an unlawful act;
28.18 	(2) follows, monitors, or pursues another, whether in person or through any available 
28.19 	technological or other means;
28.20 	(3) returns to the property of another if the actor is without claim of right to the 
28.21 	property or consent of one with authority to consent;
28.22 	(4) repeatedly makes telephone calls, sends text messages, or induces a victim to 
28.23 	make telephone calls to the actor, whether or not conversation ensues;
28.24 	(5) makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring;
28.25 	(6) repeatedly mails or delivers or causes the delivery by any means, including 
28.26 	electronically, of letters, telegrams, messages, packages, through assistive devices for 
28.27 	~~the visually or hearing impaired~~ people with vision impairments or hearing loss, or any 
28.28 	communication made through any available technologies or other objects; or
28.29 	(7) knowingly makes false allegations against a peace officer concerning the 
28.30 	officer's performance of official duties with intent to influence or tamper with the officer's 
28.31 	performance of official duties.

28.32 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 626.8455, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.33 		Subdivision 1.Training course. The board, in consultation with the Minnesota 
28.34 	Institute of Community Policing, shall prepare a training course to instruct peace officers 
29.1 	in the techniques of community policing. The course must include instruction on at least 
29.2 	the following matters:
29.3 	(1) techniques for expanding the training of peace officers to include problem-solving;
29.4 	(2) techniques for organizing community members so that they are involved and 
29.5 	trained in community policing activities;
29.6 	(3) techniques for relating to diverse communities; and
29.7 	(4) techniques for relating to ~~physically or mentally impaired~~ individuals with 
29.8 	physical or mental disabilities.
29.9 	The course also must include training on child development issues to enable officers 
29.10 	to respond appropriately to perceived child protection situations. The board shall update 
29.11 	the training course periodically as it deems appropriate.

29.12 	Sec. 31. FUNDING.
 29.13 	Everything in this article shall be administered by the commissioner of human 
29.14 	services within the limits of available appropriations.

29.15 	Sec. 32. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 29.16 	To implement the amendments in sections 1 to 30 in each part of Minnesota 
29.17 	Rules referred to in column A, the revisor of statutes shall delete the word or phrase in 
29.18 	column B and insert the word or phrase in column C. The revisor shall also make related 
29.19 	grammatical changes and changes in headnotes.

29.20 | Column A | Column B | Column C
29.21

29.22

2400.2615

ramps for handicapped access

accessible ramps for a person 
with a mobility impairment

29.23

29.24

2911.0200, subpart 2

determined to be mentally 
deficient

with a mental illness or a 
developmental disability

29.25 | 5223.0360, subpart 7 | wheelchair bound | must use a wheelchair
29.26

29.27

6700.1600

mentally incompetent

lacking the capacity to serve 
as a peace officer

29.28

29.29

7410.4740

a hearing impaired applicant

an applicant who is deaf, 
deafblind, or hard-of-hearing

29.30

29.31

7411.0620, subpart 6

hearing impaired students

students who are deaf, 
deafblind, or hard-of-hearing

29.32
29.33

29.34

7811.0550, subpart 3

speech-impaired, 
hearing-impaired

customers who are deaf, 
deafblind, hard-of-hearing, or 
who have a speech disability

29.35

29.36

7811.1000

hearing-impaired programs

programs for people with 
hearing loss

29.37
29.38

29.39

7812.0550, subpart 3

speech-impaired, 
hearing-impaired

customers who are deaf, 
deafblind, hard-of-hearing, or 
who have a speech disability

30.1

30.2

7812.1000

hearing-impaired programs

programs for people who have 
hearing loss

30.3

30.4

8775.0100, subpart 3

communication-impaired 
person

person who has a 
communication disability

30.5

30.6

8775.0100, subpart 5

communication-impaired 
persons

Minnesota

30.7

30.8

8775.0100, subpart 6

communication-impaired 
person

person with a communication 
disability

30.930.10

8775.0100, subpart 7

communication-impaired 
person

person with a communication 
disability

30.11
30.12

30.13

8775.0100, subpart 7

deaf and blind, 
hard-of-hearing, mobility 
impaired, or speech impaired

deafblind or hard-of-hearing, 
to have a mobility impairment, 
or to have a speech disability

30.14 | 8775.0100, subpart 8 | impairment | loss
30.15 | 8775.0100, subpart 8 | manual communication | sign language
30.16 | 8775.0100, subpart 9 | Deaf and blind | Deafblind
30.17

30.18

8775.0100, subpart 12

impairment resulting in a 
functional loss

loss resulting in a functional 
limitation

30.19 | 8775.0100, subpart 12 | the impairment | hearing loss
30.20
30.21
30.22
30.23

30.24

8775.0100, subpart 14

communication-impaired 
person or for a household with 
a communication-impaired 
person living alone

person with a communication 
disability or for a household 
with a person who has a 
communication disability 
living alone

30.25

30.26

8775.0100, subpart 15

communication-impaired 
person

person with a communication 
disability

30.27 | 8775.0100, subpart 16a | mobility impaired | mobility impairment
30.28

30.29

8775.0100, subpart 16a

mobility-impaired person

person with a mobility 
impairment

30.30 | 8775.0100, subpart 19 | impairment | disability
30.31 | 8775.0100, subpart 20 | impaired | disability
30.32 | 8775.0100, subpart 20 | impairment | disability
30.33
30.34
30.35
30.36
30.37

30.38

8775.0200

communication-impaired 
persons for improving 
access to telephone 
communications services 
for communication-impaired 
persons

persons with a communication 
disability for improving access 
to telephone communications 
services for persons who have 
a communication disability

30.39

30.40

8775.0300, subpart 2

deaf and hard-of-hearing 
people

people who are deaf and 
hard-of-hearing

30.41

30.42

8775.0300, subpart 2

communication impairment

hearing loss or communication 
disability

30.43

30.44

8775.0300, subpart 3

communication-impaired 
person

person with a communication 
disability

30.45

30.46

8775.0300, subpart 4

be a communication-impaired 
person

have a communication 
disability

30.47 | 8775.0300, subpart 4 | deaf and blind | deafblind
31.1
31.2

31.3

8775.0400, subpart 2a

eligible speech- and 
mobility-impaired persons

persons with speech 
disabilities or mobility 
impairments

31.4

31.5

8775.0400, subpart 3

speech-impaired persons

persons with speech 
disabilities

31.6

31.7

8775.0400, subpart 3a

mobility-impaired persons

persons with mobility 
impairments

31.8

31.9

8775.0400, subpart 5

communication-impaired 
persons

persons with a communication 
disability

31.10

31.11

8775.0500, subpart 1

communication-impaired 
person

person

31.12

31.13

8775.0500, subpart 2

communication-impaired 
person

person

31.14 | 8775.0500, subpart 2 | deaf and blind | deafblind
31.15
31.16

31.17

8775.0500, subpart 3

communication-impaired 
person with various 
communication impairments

person with a communication 
disability

31.18

31.19

8775.0500, subpart 4

communication-impaired 
person

person

31.20
31.21
31.22
31.23

31.24

8775.0500, subpart 5

communication-impaired 
person who is mobility 
impaired

person who has mobility 
impairment that makes 
it difficult to use 
telecommunications 
equipment

31.25
31.26
31.27
31.28
31.29

31.30

8775.0500, subpart 6

communication-impaired 
person who is speech and 
mobility impaired

person who has a 
speech disability or 
mobility impairment 
that makes it difficult to 
use telecommunications 
equipment

31.31

31.32

8840.5100, subpart 12

visual, speech, and hearing 
impairments

vision impairments, speech 
disabilities, hearing loss

31.33

31.34

8840.5910, subpart 5, item 
A

vision and hearing 
impairments

vision impairments and 
hearing loss

31.35

31.36

9505.0140, subpart 1

hearing-impaired person

person who is deaf, deafblind, 
or hard-of-hearing

31.37

31.38

9530.6615, subpart 1

the hearing impaired

people who are deaf, 
deafblind, and hard-of-hearing

31.39 | 9555.5605, subpart 2 | confined to a wheelchair | using a wheelchair