1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 33, the delete everything amendment
1.2(1SS-H0033DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 415, after line 23, insert:

1.4    "Sec. .... COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER RESPONSE.
1.5    Subdivision 1. COVID-19 response powers. The state's COVID-19 public health
1.6response is governed by this act, as of the effective date of this section. The powers granted
1.7to the governor under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12, do not apply to the COVID-19
1.8infectious disease outbreak unless explicitly authorized by this section or subsequent
1.9legislative enactment.
1.10    Subd. 2. Public health disaster declaration; eligibility for federal assistance. (a)
1.11Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of human services, in
1.12consultation with the commissioner of health, may declare a public health disaster if the
1.13commissioner determines that the state must take action to protect the public health, including
1.14providing public health services or enforcing existing health and human services laws, as
1.15part of the state's response to the ongoing COVID-19 infectious disease outbreak.
1.16(b) A public health disaster declared under this section must support the efforts of the
1.17Department of Human Services to maximize and maintain the following federal benefits:
1.18(1) emergency allotments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;
1.19(2) blanket waivers enacted by the United States Department of Health and Human
1.20Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
1.21(3) waivers under section 1135 of the Social Security Act;
1.22(4) waivers under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, including appendix K;
1.23(5) funding under the Stafford Act related to noncongregate sheltering; and
2.1(6) federal Medicaid and basic health program funding.
2.2(c) During a public health disaster declared under this section, the commissioner of
2.3health may coordinate, allocate, distribute, and manage vaccine doses, therapeutics, and
2.4testing to respond to COVID-19.
2.5    Subd. 3. Emergency procurement. During a public health disaster declared under this
2.6section, the governor may exercise the powers authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section
2.712.36, for procurements related to the distribution or administration of COVID-19 vaccines
2.8and testing supplies.
2.9    Subd. 4. Expiration. A public health disaster declared under this section expires on the
2.10earlier of the following dates:
2.11(1) the date the commissioner of human services determines the public health disaster
2.12declaration is no longer necessary; or
2.13(2) the public health emergency issued under section 319 of the Public Health Service
2.14Act expires, subject to renewal by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
2.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.16    Sec. .... TERMINATION OF PEACETIME EMERGENCY.
2.17Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 12.31, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the
2.18peacetime emergency declared by Executive Order No. 20-01 issued March 13, 2020, is
2.19terminated.
2.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.21Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.22Amend the title accordingly