MN HF32

Governor's emergency powers under Minnesota Statutes chapter 12 no longer apply to COVID-19 outbreak unless explicitly authorized by this act or future legislation.

Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with Commissioner of Health, may declare a public health disaster to protect public health and enforce existing health and human services laws related to COVID-19.

Public health disaster declaration must support federal benefits including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments, Medicare and Medicaid waivers, Stafford Act noncongregate sheltering funding, and federal Medicaid and basic health program funding.

Commissioner of Health may coordinate, allocate, distribute, and manage COVID-19 vaccine doses, therapeutics, and testing supplies during a declared public health disaster.

Governor may use emergency procurement powers under Minnesota Statutes section 12.36 for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and testing supplies; public health disaster declaration expires when Commissioner of Human Services determines it is no longer necessary or when the federal Public Health Service Act section 319 public health emergency expires.

Terminates the peacetime emergency declared in Executive Order No. 20-01 issued March 13, 2020.