1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3142, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 3, after line 15, insert:

"1.3    Sec. 3. [144.945] ZIKA PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
1.4(a) To the extent funds are available, the commissioner of health shall undertake
1.5the following statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response activities
1.6related to the Zika virus:
1.7(1) maintain state and local public health readiness to address Zika-related public
1.8health threats;
1.9(2) conduct diagnostic tests of patients who meet criteria for Zika testing and
1.10maintain enhanced laboratory surveillance activities related to Zika;
1.11(3) engage in Zika surveillance activities, including evaluating patients for testing
1.12based on criteria, advising health care providers on Zika virus research, providing
1.13recommendations and interpretations of test results, and conducting Zika-related public
1.14awareness and prevention activities; and
1.15(4) conduct mosquito surveillance activities under section 144.95 to enhance
1.16monitoring of areas where mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus may be found in Minnesota,
1.17notwithstanding section 144.95, subdivision 10.
1.18(b) The commissioner shall seek authority from the United States Centers for
1.19Disease Control and Prevention to use federal Public Health Emergency Preparedness
1.20grant funds for costs associated with Zika preparedness and response activities under this
1.21section and shall seek additional federal funds for this purpose.
"1.22Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.23Amend the title accordingly