1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2294, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 124, after line 21, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 13. RELEASE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE LIEN.
1.4Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 514.981, the commissioner of human
1.5services shall release and discharge the medical assistance lien in full, pursuant to
1.6Minnesota Statutes, section 514.981, subdivision 5, for any person who:
1.7(1) purchased a home in St. Louis County that was subject to a medical assistance
1.8lien;
1.9(2) hired Scenic Title and Abstract, Inc. in Duluth to handle the closing on the home;
1.10(3) satisfied the purchase price of the home by securing a mortgage; and
1.11(4) obtained a warranty deed for the home that was signed and notarized on
1.12December 3, 2007, and recorded in St. Louis County on December 28, 2007."
1.13Amend the title as follows:
1.14Page 1, line 8, after the first semicolon, insert "providing for the release of medical
1.15assistance liens;"