Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF3180: Essential public health functions contingency account established, report required, money transferred to essential public health functions contingency account, commissioner of health funding provided, and money appropriated.
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to public health; establishing an essential public health functions contingency account; requiring a report; transferring money to the essential public health functions contingency account; appropriating money in the account to the commissioner of health in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
From the introduced text, April 10, 2025:
A bill for an act relating to public health; establishing an essential public health functions contingency account; requiring a report; transferring money to the essential public health functions contingency account; appropriating money in the account to the commissioner of health in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. Section 1. new text begin [ADDED: [144.4205] ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Subdivision 1.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Essential public health function.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: For purposes of this section, the following activities are essential public health functions:] new text end new text begin [ and] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (2) the prevention of and response to waterborne disease outbreaks, including support for public water supplies to stop waterborne disease outbreaks.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Subd. 2.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Essential public health functions contingency account.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: An essential public health functions contingency account is created in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. Money in the essential public health functions contingency account does not cancel and is appropriated to the commissioner of health for the purposes specified in subdivision 4 when the determination criteria …