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Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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COND ENGROSSMENT Supplemental bonding bill, and money appropriated. Section 1: Capitol improvement appropriations language provided. Section 2: Natural resources - Lake Vermilion State Park language provided. Section 3: Administration - Capital Asset Preservation and Replacement language provided. Section 4: Metropolitan council language provided. Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation. Subdivision 2. Central Corridor Transit Way. Subdivision 3. Old Cedar Avenue Bridge. Section 5: Veterans affairs language provided. Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation Subdivision 2. Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus Section 6: Bond sale authorization language provided. Section 7: Bond sale authorization reduction language provided. Section 8: Revenues language modified. Section 9: Sustainable building guidelines language modified. Subdivision [...]

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Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Providing for a statewide health improvement program, specifying goals, providing for local community grants, outcomes, technical assistance, oversight and evaluation; requiring the commissioner to submit a biennial report to the legislature on the statewide health improvement program; requiring community health boards and tribal governments to use funds received to develop new programs, expand current programs to reduce the percentage of obese or overweight or who use tobacco ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE HOMES Requiring the commissioners of health and human services to develop and implement standards of certification for health care homes for state health care programs by a certain date; specifying requirements of clinicians certified as health care homes; providing for alternative models; requiring the commissioners to establish a health care collaborative by a certain [...]

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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FTH ENGROSSMENT Naturopathic doctor registration provided, advisory council established, and money appropriated. Section 1: Definitions are provided. Section 2: Scope of practice language is provided. Section 3: Professional conduct language is provided. Section 4: Protected titles language is provided. Section 5: Registration requirements language is provided. Section 6: Board action on applications for registration language is provided. Section 7: Continuing education requirement language is provided. Section 8: Discipline; reporting language is provided. Section 9: Registered naturopathic doctor advisory council language is provided. Section 10: Fees language is provided. Section 11: Appointment of naturopathic doctor advisory council language provided. Section 12: Naturopathy work croup language provided.[...]

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Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill

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3E Relating to data practices; requiring the protection of certain data included in a state auditor report from unlawful disclosure; making technical changes to government data access and juvenile traffic investigation reports provisions; increasing government liability amounts; classifying certain metropolitan airport parking space customer data as nonpublic data; allowing educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; prohibiting the use of social security numbers on the face of mailings by government entities; classifying data on applicants to boards, task forces, commissions, committees, advisory groups and other public bodies as private; providing for data on use and storage of explosives; providing for the effect of background checks on individuals [...]

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Stumpf

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying annual reporting requirements of district anticipated expenditures and passage rates for GRAD purposes by school superintendents; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into interstate agreements with adjoining states to establish an enrollment options program, specifying agreement specifications, conditions, and pupil accounting (pupil unit); requiring the commissioner of education to establish procedures relating to the application process, funds payment or collection and data collection; providing for an exclusion from procedure requirements for certain smaller enrollment transfers; providing a tuition exemption for enrollment transfers under terms of agreement; modifying general education revenue calculation for 2010 and later to reflect alternative teacher compensation revenue program changes; modifying transition revenue for 2010 and later to include tuition [...]

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Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Chief author stricken Prettner Solon

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Relating to health; modifying the public program volume factor for the medical
education and research advisory committee (MERC) for medical education funds
distribution from a revenue received determination to a charges submitted
determination under health care cost containment
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Latest Action: 04/07/2010 - House concurred and repassed bill

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IRD ENGROSSMENT Health profession licensing requirements changed and unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner provision changed, and county standards provided for transporting a dead body. Section 1: Prohibited conduct language is modified. Section 2: Scope language is modified. Section 3: Endorsement; reciprocity language is modified. Section 4: Requirements language is modified. Section 5: Supervisor language is modified. Section 6: Master's or doctoral degree required for speech-language pathology applicants language is modified. Section 7: Procedures language is modified. Section 8: Supervision required language is modified. Section 9: Temporary licensure language is modified. Section 10: Change of name, employment, and addresses language is modified. Section 11: Audiologist surcharge fee [...]

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Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU)
board of trustees and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to renovate,
furnish and equip a radiology lab at Century college
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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Allowing educational data sharing between the department of education and the
office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for
the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction
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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing a land lease agreement between the board of trustees of Minnesota
state colleges and universities (MnSCU) and the YMCA for construction of a YMCA
facility on the Minnesota west community and technical college campus in
Worthington; specifying certain siting, design and lease requirements
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Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the financing of state government; appropriating money for veterans
affairs for veterans outreach, state soldiers assistance, higher education
veterans assistance, programming administration, information technology, the
Little Falls state veterans cemetery, county grants to enhance benefits and
programs, combat veteran reintegration, social services collaboration,
homelessness reduction, measurable outcomes and for the Minnesota support our
troops account for veterans service organizations and outreach grants;
authorizing regional collaboration service delivery incentives
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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring school alternative teacher professional pay system agreements to
include a staff development plan to provide licensed teachers with staff
development and continuing education opportunities related to the appropriate
academic subject area, specifying plan requirements
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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing a teachers of color financial aid pilot program under the
supervision of the office of higher education, specifying eligibility; allowing
partnerships between public institutions and school districts and requiring
partnerships between Winona state university and independent school district
#535, Rochester and St. Cloud state university and independent school district
#281, Robbinsdale; allowing expenditures for program promotion, appropriating
money for the teachers of color financial aid pilot program
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
universities (MnSCU) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to renovate,
furnish and equip an addition for health care classrooms and labs for nursing
and allied health programs at Northland community and technical college, East
Grand Forks campus
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU)
board of trustees and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to design,
renovate, furnish and equip the Swenson center for educational and outreach
purposes at the Northland community and technical college, Thief River Falls
campus
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU)
board of trustees and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for higher
education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at Northland community and
technical college, East Grand Forks campus
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