1.1 .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1486 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 10, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5 Subd. 10.
Cooperative purchasing. The commissioner is authorized to enter into a
1.6cooperative purchasing agreement for the provision of goods, services, and utilities with
1.7one or more other states or governmental units, as described in section
471.59, subdivision
1.81, entities defined in section 16C.23, subdivision 1, a Registered Combined Charitable
1.9Organization and its affiliated agencies as defined by section 309.501, or a charitable
1.10organization defined in section 309.50, subdivision 4, that is also a recipient of a state
1.11grant or contract
. The commissioner is authorized to enter into cooperative purchasing
1.12agreements for the purchase of goods, services, and utilities with health care facilities that
1.13are required to provide indigent care
or any entity recognized by another state's statutes as
1.14authorized to use that state's commodity or service contracts.
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.11, is amended to read:
1.1616C.11 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING VENTURE; PURCHASING
1.17REVOLVING FUND.
1.18 The commissioner may enter into joint or cooperative purchasing agreements with
1.19any entity that is authorized under section
471.59 to do so 16C.03, subdivision 10. The
1.20cooperative purchasing venture revolving fund is a separate account in the state treasury.
1.21The commissioner may charge a fee to cover the commissioner's administrative expenses
1.22to
governmental units entities that have joint or cooperative purchasing agreements
1.23with the state under section
471.59 16C.03, subdivision 10. The fees collected must
1.24be deposited in the revolving fund established by this section. Money in the fund is
1.25appropriated to the commissioner to administer the programs and services covered by
1.26this chapter. "
2.1Amend the title accordingly