1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 844, the delete everything amendment
1.2(H0844DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 1, line 14, after "(a)" insert "Only"
1.4Page 1, line 15, delete everything before "individual" and insert "meeting and
1.5negotiating on topics specified in paragraph (c)"
1.6Page 1, line 26, after "extend" insert "only"
1.7Page 2, delete lines 1 and 2 and insert "under paragraph (c);"
1.8Page 2, line 10, after "Any" insert "interest arbitration award or"
1.9Page 2, line 12, before the semicolon insert ", and is subject to section 179A.20,
1.10subdivisions 2 and 5"
1.11Page 2, line 17, delete everything after the comma
1.12Page 2, line 18, delete "179A.10, subdivision 2"
1.13Page 2, after line 36, insert:
1.14"(c) The state shall meet and negotiate with the exclusive representative on the
1.15following issues:
1.16(1) compensation rates and payment terms and practices;
1.17(2) fringe benefits, including severance payments, but not retirement contributions
1.18or benefits and not other benefits to be paid by the state when a person no longer intends to
1.19be an individual provider;
1.20(3) grievance procedures regarding matters in clauses (1) and (2);
1.21(4) establishing a system for funding training; and
1.22(5) required orientation programs for all newly hired individual providers regarding
1.23their employment within the covered programs through which they provide services."
1.24Page 6, delete lines 15 to 22 and insert:
1.25"(e) The commissioner's authority regarding topics specified in section 179A.54,
1.26subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is subject to the duty to meet and negotiate with an exclusive
2.1representative over those topics, and is subject to any contracts entered into covering
2.2topics specified in section 179A.54, subdivision 2, paragraph (c)."
2.3Page 6, line 27, before the period, insert ", regarding topics specified in section
2.4179A.54, subdivision 2, paragraph (c)"