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This bill amends Minnesota's human rights statutes to explicitly prohibit disability discrimination in programs or activities receiving state financial assistance. Specifically, the bill adds a new section to the state's human rights law that makes it an unfair discriminatory practice for any state-funded program to exclude a qualified disabled person from participation, deny them full and equal enjoyment of program benefits, or discriminate against them because of their disability. The bill requires state agencies providing financial assistance to ensure recipients comply with these anti-discrimination requirements and to adopt rules to enforce compliance. Additionally, the bill emphasizes that these protections will remain in effect even if federal disability rights statutes are modified, repealed, or reduced, with specific reference to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The amendments to existing law expand protections for disabled individuals by creating a clear, state-level mandate against disability discrimination in state-funded programs, providing an additional layer of legal protection beyond existing federal regulations.

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