MN HF2555

Sunset Advisory Commission may enter into contracts for evaluating agencies under review and agencies must submit outcome-based budgets showing performance goals, measures, and efficiencies instead of priority-based budgets.

Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, Council on Black Minnesotans, Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, Indian Affairs Council, and Council on Disability scheduled for sunset review in 2014; Legislative Auditor to conduct financial audit of Council on Black Minnesotans by December 1, 2013.

Combative Sports Commission abolished effective July 1, 2012, with duties and regulatory authority transferred to Commissioner of Labor and Industry; nine-member Combative Sports Advisory Council established to advise commissioner.

Health-related licensing boards must post on public websites information about regulated individuals with felony or gross misdemeanor convictions, malpractice judgments, and disciplinary or corrective actions occurring on or after July 1, 2013; boards must notify complainants and licensees of complaint status within specified timeframes.

$106,000 appropriated to Legislative Coordinating Commission for Sunset Advisory Commission staff services in fiscal year 2013; additional appropriations distributed to health-related licensing boards totaling over $700,000 for website posting systems, complaint notification requirements, and Medical Practice Act studies.