Bill Text: MN HF2785 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Central fund feasibility study creation required to pay for costs of providing accommodations to state employees with disabilities.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-30 - Author added Selcer [HF2785 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2785-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to state government; requiring a feasibility study on creating a central fund
1.3to pay for costs of providing accommodations to state employees with disabilities.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. STUDY OF CENTRAL ACCOMMODATION FUND.
1.6The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the Commission
1.7of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans, must report to the legislature and
1.8the governor by January 5, 2015, on advantages and disadvantages of creating a central
1.9fund in the state treasury to pay for costs of providing accommodations to executive
1.10branch state employees with disabilities. The report must include:
1.11(1) a summary of money spent by executive branch state agencies in fiscal years
1.122012 and 2013 for providing accommodations to executive branch state employees, to
1.13the extent that such expenditures can be determined; and
1.14(2) recommendations for laws and policies needed to implement a central
1.15accommodation fund, or other recommendations related to best practices in provision of
1.16accommodations for employees with disabilities in the executive branch.
1.3to pay for costs of providing accommodations to state employees with disabilities.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. STUDY OF CENTRAL ACCOMMODATION FUND.
1.6The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the Commission
1.7of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans, must report to the legislature and
1.8the governor by January 5, 2015, on advantages and disadvantages of creating a central
1.9fund in the state treasury to pay for costs of providing accommodations to executive
1.10branch state employees with disabilities. The report must include:
1.11(1) a summary of money spent by executive branch state agencies in fiscal years
1.122012 and 2013 for providing accommodations to executive branch state employees, to
1.13the extent that such expenditures can be determined; and
1.14(2) recommendations for laws and policies needed to implement a central
1.15accommodation fund, or other recommendations related to best practices in provision of
1.16accommodations for employees with disabilities in the executive branch.
