Minnesota SF 626: Minimum wage phased-in increase

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to direct care and treatment; establishing a commissioner and the​
1.3 Department of Direct Care and Treatment; repealing the direct care and treatment​
1.4 executive board; establishing the Advisory Council on Direct Care and Treatment;​
1.5 repealing an advisory committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections​
1.6 10.65, subdivision 2; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 2;​
1.7 15A.082, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 43A.08, subdivisions 1, 1a; 43A.241; 245.021;​
1.8 245.073; 246.13, subdivision 1; 246B.01, by adding a subdivision; 246C.01;​
1.9 246C.015, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 246C.02, subdivision 1; 246C.04,​
1.10 subdivisions 2, 3; 246C.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 8; 246C.08; 246C.09, subdivision​
1.11 3; 246C.091, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 252.021, by adding a subdivision; 252.50,​
1.12 subdivision 5; 253.195, by adding a subdivision; 253B.02, subdivisions 3, 4c, by​
1.13 adding a subdivision; 253B.03, subdivision 7; 253B.041, subdivision 4; 253B.09,​
1.14 subdivision 3a; 253B.18, subdivision 6; 253B.19, subdivision 2; 253B.20,​
1.15 subdivision 2; 253D.02, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 254B.05,​
1.16 subdivision 4; 256.045, subdivisions 6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 256G.09,​
1.17 subdivision 3; 352.91, subdivisions 2a, 3c, 3d, 4a; 524.3-801; 611.57, subdivision​
1.18 2; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 50, section 41, subdivision 2; proposing coding​
1.19 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246C; repealing Minnesota Statutes​
1.20 2024, sections 246B.01, subdivision 2; 246C.015, subdivisions 5a, 6; 246C.06,​
1.21 subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 246C.07, subdivisions 4, 5; 252.021,​
1.22 subdivision 2; 253.195, subdivision 2; 253B.02, subdivision 7b; 253D.02,​
1.23 subdivision 7a; 254B.01, subdivision 15; 256.045, subdivision 1a; 256G.02,​
1.24 subdivision 5a; Laws 2024, chapter 79, article 1, section 20; Laws 2024, chapter​
1.25 125, article 5, sections 40; 41; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 50, sections 40; 41,​
1.26 subdivisions 1, 3.​
1.27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.28 ARTICLE 1​
1.29 COMMISSIONER OF DIRECT CARE AND TREATMENT​
1.30 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10.65, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.31 Subd. 2.Definitions.As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings​
1.32 given:​
1​Article 1 Section 1.​
S0626-2 2nd Engrossment​SF626 REVISOR AGW​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 626​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: RASMUSSON, Hoffman, Fateh and Abeler)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​179​01/27/2025​
Referred to Human Services​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government​238a​02/03/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Human Services​894a​03/20/2025​
See HF2115​

2.1 (1) "agency" means the Department of Administration; Department of Agriculture;​
2.2 Department of Children, Youth, and Families; Department of Commerce; Department of​
2.3 Corrections; Department of Direct Care and Treatment; Department of Education; Department​
2.4 of Employment and Economic Development; Department of Health; Office of Higher​
2.5 Education; Housing Finance Agency; Department of Human Rights; Department of Human​
2.6 Services; Department of Information Technology Services; Department of Iron Range​
2.7 Resources and Rehabilitation; Department of Labor and Industry; Minnesota Management​
2.8 and Budget; Bureau of Mediation Services; Department of Military Affairs; Metropolitan​
2.9 Council; Department of Natural Resources; Pollution Control Agency; Department of Public​
2.10 Safety; Department of Revenue; Department of Transportation; Department of Veterans​
2.11 Affairs; Direct Care and Treatment; Gambling Control Board; Racing Commission; the​
2.12 Minnesota Lottery; the Animal Health Board; the Public Utilities Commission; and the​
2.13 Board of Water and Soil Resources;​
2.14 (2) "consultation" means the direct and interactive involvement of the Minnesota Tribal​
2.15 governments in the development of policy on matters that have Tribal implications.​
2.16 Consultation is the proactive, affirmative process of identifying and seeking input from​
2.17 appropriate Tribal governments and considering their interest as a necessary and integral​
2.18 part of the decision-making process. This definition adds to statutorily mandated notification​
2.19 procedures. During a consultation, the burden is on the agency to show that it has made a​
2.20 good faith effort to elicit feedback. Consultation is a formal engagement between agency​
2.21 officials and the governing body or bodies of an individual Minnesota Tribal government​
2.22 that the agency or an individual Tribal government may initiate. Formal meetings or​
2.23 communication between top agency officials and the governing body of a Minnesota Tribal​
2.24 government is a necessary element of consultation;​
2.25 (3) "matters th