SF2304 Summary

• Extends sunset review dates for certain agencies: health-related licensing boards expire June 30, 2024 (changed from 2012), and establishes Council on Black Minnesotans for June 30, 2014 review with required financial audit by December 1, 2013.

• Requires health-related licensing boards to post on public websites convictions of felonies/gross misdemeanors, malpractice judgments, and disciplinary actions taken against regulated practitioners within the past ten years.

• Abolishes the Combative Sports Commission effective July 1, 2012, transferring all duties to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and establishing a Combative Sports Advisory Council.

• Modifies sunset review procedures to require outcome-based budgets (not priority-based), coordination with Legislative Auditor, and reporting by Commissioner of Management and Budget on personnel and salary structures.

• Appropriates $656,000 to health-related licensing boards and legislature for fiscal year 2013 to implement new website posting requirements, background checks, and database updates, with specific amounts designated for each board.