Formula for allocation of state money for adult protection services modified.

A bill for an act

relating to human services; modifying formula for allocation of state money for

adult protection services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256M.42,

subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256M.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Formula.

(a) The commissioner shall allocate state money appropriated

under this section on an annual basis to each county board for adult protection under section

626.557
and to Tribal Nations that have voluntarily chosen by resolution of Tribal

government to participate in vulnerable adult protection programs according to the following

formula after the award of the amounts in paragraph (c):

(1)
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25
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40
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percent must be allocated to the responsible agency on the basis of the number

of reports of suspected vulnerable adult maltreatment under sections
626.557
and
626.5572
,

as determined by the most recent data of the commissioner; and

(2)
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75
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60
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percent must be allocated to the responsible agency on the basis of the number

of screened-in reports for adult protective services or vulnerable adult maltreatment

investigations under sections
626.557
and
626.5572
, as determined by the most recent data

of the commissioner.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must not award a county less than

a minimum allocation established by the commissioner.

(c) To receive money under this subdivision, a participating Tribal Nation must apply

to the commissioner. Of the amount appropriated for purposes of this section, the

commissioner must award $100,000 to each federally recognized Tribal Nation that has

applied to the commissioner and has a Tribal resolution establishing a vulnerable adult

protection program. Money received by a Tribal Nation under this section must be used for

its vulnerable adult protection program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective for allocations made on or after July 1,

2026.

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