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SF 446 2nd Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Page 3 of 3 4.27 Sec. 5. f43A.31611 LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL 4.28 EMPLOYEES AND SCHOOL EMPLOYERS. 4.29 Subdivision 1. Membership. The Labor-Management Committee consists of 14 4.30 members appointed to represent eligible school employers and eligible school employees 4.31 in equal numbers. The seven members who represent eligible school employers shall 4.32 consist of four appointed by the Minnesota School Boards Association and one each 4.33 appointed by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota 4.34 Elementary School Principals Association, and the Minnesota Secondary School 5.1 Principals Association. The seven members who represent eligible school employees shall 5.2 consist of four appointed by Education Minnesota and one each appointed by the Service 5.3 Employees International Union: the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal 5.4 Employees; and the Minnesota School Employees Association. 5.5 Subd. 2, Appointments. Appointing authorities shall appoint the first members by 5.6 September 1, 2013, for terms ending January 2, 2017. Thereafter, appointments shall be 5.7 made by the second Monday in January 2017 and every four years thereafter. 5.8 Subd. 3. Terms. Except for the first appointees, terms shall be for four years, 5.9 terminating on the first Monday in January. 5.10 Subd. 4. Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment in the same manner 5.11 as appointment of the vacating member. 5.12 Subd. 5. First meeting. The appointee of the Minnesota School Board Association 5.13 shall convene the first meeting by January 15, 2014, and act as chair until the committee 5.14 elects a chair. The committee shall elect a chair from among its members at its first meeting. 5.15 Subd. 6. Chair. The committee shall annually elect a chair from its membership. 5.16 Subd. 7. Duties. The committee shall study issues relating to the insurance program 5.17 including, but not limited to, flexible benefits. utilization review, quality assessment, 5.18 and cost efficiency. 5.19 Subd. 8. Program and plan design. The commissioner shall consult with 5.20 the labor-management committee in major decisions that affect the program. The 5.21 commissioner and the committee must mutually agree to all plan design changes. 5.22 Subd. 9. Expenses. Committee members are eligible for expense reimbursement in 5.23 the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under 5.24 section 43A.18, subdivision 2. 5.25 Subd. 10. Report.,The committee shall report to the commissioner of management 5.26 and budget by June 30 of each year with its findings and recommendations relating to 5.27 the insurance program, flexible benefits, utilization review, quality assessment, and 5.28 cost-efficiency of the program. 5.29 Subd. 11. Sunset. The committee expires when the program is no longer in operation. 5.30 Sec. 6. REPEALER. 5.31 Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 43A.316, subdivision 4. is repealed. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF446&version=2&session=ls8 8&sess... 3/14/2013