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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Referred by Chair to Labor and Consumer Protection Division Bill Text
Injured employee civil remedy permitted if an employer violated safety laws.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Bill Text
HF 3344
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Veteran's state employment preference provisions modified.
Section 1: Creation language is modified.
Section 2: Ranking of veterans language is modified.
Section 3: Ranking of veterans language is modified.
Section 4: Effective date is provided.
SNA 3/11/08
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills identical, SF substituted on Calendar for the Day Bill TextHF 3309 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Employee relations duty transfer to Department of Finance codified and appointment of deputy permitted. Section 1: Departments of the state language is modified. Section 2: Applicability language is modified. Section 3: Group I salary limits language is modified. Section 4: List language is modified. Section 5: Powers and duties, general language is modified. Section 6: Committee language is modified. Section 7: Statewide leadership language is modified. Section 8: Executive direction language is modified. Section 9: Experimental or research projects language is modified. Section 10: Hazard identification ad accident prevention language is modified. Section 11: General language is modified. Section 12: Allocation language is modified. Section 13: General language [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
State employee combined charities campaign registration process streamlined.
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Rules and Administration Bill Text
HF 1048
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Employee Relations Department abolished and duties transferred, and employee
protections provided.
Section 1: Department of employee relations abolished duties transferred
language added.
Section 2: Worker protection language added.
Section 3: Revisor's instruction language added.
Section 4: Effective date provided.
JAJ 4/16/07
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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to health care ARTICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Establishing the public health improvement fund; requiring hospitals by a certain date to contribute a certain percent of net patient revenue to the public health improvement fund; providing for a statewide health improvement program, specifying goals, providing for local community grants, outcomes and a media campaign; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a BMI monitoring program for children and youth; appropriating money to the commissioner of health ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE HOMES Requiring medical assistance (MA) enrollees to select primary care clinics after a certain date; requiring the commissioner of human services to encourage initial health assessments; requiring the commissioner to provide patient education and outreach to MA enrollees; requiring the commissioner to establish health care homes for state health [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Governor's action Veto Ch. 56 05/07/07 Bill Text
State government funding provided, state and local operations regulated, public
employment provisions modified, Department of Employee Relations abolished, and
money appropriated.
Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed Bill Text
State boards and advisory groups governing laws revised.
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Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Returned from Senate with amendment Bill TextHF 548 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus state government finance bill appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses of state government, regulating state and local government, and abolishing the Department of Employee Relations. ARTICLE 1: STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations language provided. Section 2: State government appropriations language provided. Section 3: Legislature language provided. Section 4: Governor and Lieutenant Governor language provided. Section 5: State Auditor language provided. Section 6: Attorney General language provided. Section 7: Secretary of State language provided. Section 8: Campaign finance and public disclosure board language provided. Section 9: Investment board language provided. Section 10: office of Enterprise Technology [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 194 04/17/08 Bill TextHF 3138 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Compensation plan required for employees of the legislative auditor and plan subject to legislative review and approval, and state labor contracts ratified. Section 1: Other salaries and compensation plans language modified. Section 2: Staff; compensation language modified. Section 3: Employees language modified. Section 4: Labor agreements and compensation plans language provided. Subdivision 1. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5. Subdivision 2. Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. Subdivision 3. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, Unit 8. Subdivision 4. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, Unit 225. Subdivision 5. State Residential Schools Education Association. Subdivision 6. Minnesota Government Engineers [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to state government; reducing certain state government appropriations to the legislature, legislative coordinating commission (LCC), governor, state auditor, attorney general, secretary of state, office of enterprise technology, commissioner of administration for state facilities services, state and community services and administrative management services, the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, commissioner of employee relations (DOER), commissioner of revenue for the tax system management program and amateur sports commission; requiring the commissioner of finance to reduce the budget reserve account by a certain amount; requiring the legislature to cancel certain balances carried forward; appropriating money from the budget reserve to the commissioner of finance for the budget reserve escrow account as a guarantee by the state for private money [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to state employees; modifying the department of employee relations
(DOER) vacation donation program by requiring recipient employees to receive
donations for employee or employee family illness or conditions preventing the
employee from working; specifying certain conditions and limitations; permitting
appeal
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
1E Relating to state employees; modifying equitable compensation limits;
modifying the caps on state commissioner salaries
(me)
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the commissioner of health in consultation with the commissioners of
commerce, human services and employee relations to convene a work group to study
the provision of interpreter services to patients in medical and dental care
settings, specifying membership; requiring the work group to develop certain
findings and recommendations, evaluate other models and report to the
legislature by a certain date
(me)
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Prohibiting the commissioner of employee relations (DOER) and insurance carriers
under contract with the state employees group insurance plan (SEGIP) from
considering costs of medical services not under provider control for
classification of primary medical care providers for purposes of establishing
copayment amounts; requiring data used by the commissioner and carriers to be
public and available to SEGIP providers
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the commissioner of employee relations (DOER) to establish procedures
for state employees to propose cost savings initiatives, providing for
implementation of the program; requiring savings be transferred to a cost
savings proposal recognition account; creating a transportation endowment fund;
requiring the state board of investment to invest the fund; requiring the
transfer of a certain percentage from the endowment fund to the commissioner of
finance for fund transfer; requiring the commissioner of finance to apportion
and distribute available money for highway purposes
(me)
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text
4E Requiring health plan companies to provide language interpreter services to
deaf and hard of hearing enrollees and for enrollees with limited English
proficiency (LEP) in order to facilitate covered health care services by a
provider, reimbursement exceptions; requiring the commissioner of health in
consultation with the commissioners of commerce, human services and employee
relations to convene a work group to study the provision of interpreter services
to patients in medical and dental care settings, specifying membership;
establishing a deadline for appointments to the work group; requiring the work
group to develop certain findings and recommendations, evaluate other models and
report to the legislature by a certain date; providing for expiration of the
work group (sunset provision)
(je)
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Rest Bill Text
1E Abolishing the department of employee relations and transferring duties to
the commissioner of finance and certain other duties to the commissioners of
administration and health, authorizing the governor to transfer duties;
providing for worker protection from job loss as a result of the reorganization;
specifying certain reference replacement instructions to revisor of statutes
(ra)
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Author added Lynch Bill TextRelating to health ARTICLE 1 - MEDICAL HOME Requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations in consultation with the commissioner of health to develop and administer a medical home pilot project for persons enrolled in medical assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care (GAMC) and state employees to the extent permitted by federal requirements; providing for payment methods and incentives; specifying requirements for medical home designation; requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations to evaluate the effectiveness of pilot project and prepare a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for the medical education and research fund and to work with institutions of higher education to establish or fund existing initiatives to recruit and retain nurse educators on nursing education [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements and
compensation plans between the state and the American federation of state,
county and municipal employees (AFSCME) council 5 and council 5, units 8 and
225, the Minnesota association of professional employees (MAPE), the state
residential schools education association, the Minnesota government engineers
council, the middle management association, the state board of investment, the
commissioner of employee relations plan for unrepresented employees and the
managerial plan on certain dates; modifying certain salary requirements of the
administrator of the Minnesota zoological board
(je)
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