Minnesota HF 35: Council on Disability authorized to accept and disburse grants and other aids, and money appropriated for grants to cities and counties to improve website accessibility.

Bill Text

1.1A bill for an act​
1.2relating to human services; authorizing the Council on Disability to accept and​
1.3disburse grants and other aids; appropriating money for grants to cities and counties​
1.4to improve website accessibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section​
1.5256.482, subdivision 5.​
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256.482, subdivision 5, is amended to read:​
1.8Subd. 5.Duties and powers.The council shall have the following duties and powers:​
1.9(1) to advise and otherwise aid the governor; appropriate state agencies, including but​
1.10not limited to the Departments of Education, Human Services, Employment and Economic​
1.11Development, and Human Rights and the Divisions of Rehabilitation Services and Services​
1.12for the Blind; the state legislature; and the public on matters pertaining to public policy and​
1.13the administration of programs, services, and facilities for persons who have a disability in​
1.14Minnesota;​
1.15(2) to encourage and assist in the development of coordinated, interdepartmental goals​
1.16and objectives and the coordination of programs, services and facilities among all state​
1.17departments and private providers of service as they relate to persons with a disability;​
1.18(3) to serve as a source of information to the public regarding all services, programs and​
1.19legislation pertaining to persons with a disability;​
1.20(4) to review and make comment to the governor, state agencies, the legislature, and the​
1.21public concerning adequacy of state programs, plans and budgets for services to persons​
1.22with a disability and for funding under the various federal grant programs;​
1​Section 1.​
REVISORSGSDIVH0035-1​HF35   FIRST DIVISION ENGROSSMENT​
State of Minnesota​
This Document can be made available​
in alternative formats upon request​
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
First Division Engrossment​
H. F. No.   35​
NINETY-SECOND SESSION​
Authored by Elkins and Bahner​01/07/2021​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Elections​
Division Action​
Referred by Chair to the Local Government Division​
01/18/2021​
Returned to the Committee on State Government Finance and Elections as Amended​
01/27/2021​

2.1(5) to research, formulate and advocate plans, programs and policies which will serve​
2.2the needs of persons who are disabled;​
2.3(6) to advise the Departments of Labor and Industry and Employment and Economic​
2.4Development on the administration and improvement of the workers' compensation law as​
2.5it relates to programs, facilities and personnel providing assistance to workers who are​
2.6injured and disabled;​
2.7(7) to advise the Workers' Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and​
2.8Industry and the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals as to the necessity and extent​
2.9of any alteration or remodeling of an existing residence or the building or purchase of a​
2.10new or different residence which is proposed by a licensed architect under section 176.137;​
2.11(8) to initiate or seek to intervene as a party in any administrative proceeding and judicial​
2.12review thereof to protect and advance the right of all persons who are disabled to an​
2.13accessible physical environment as provided in section 326B.139; and​
2.14(9) to initiate or seek to intervene as a party in any administrative or judicial proceeding​
2.15which concerns programs or services provided by public or private agencies or organizations​
2.16and which directly affects the legal rights of persons with a disability.; and​
2.17(10) to apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids from other public or private​
2.18sources.​
2.19Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; CITIES AND COUNTIES.​
2.20$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the Council on​
2.21Disability to be used for grants to cities and counties to improve website accessibility, to​
2.22be available until June 30, 2025. Up to 15 percent of this appropriation may be used for​
2.23administrative purposes.​
2​Sec. 2.​
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