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This bill strengthens protections for individuals with disabilities by amending Minnesota's human rights law to prohibit discrimination in state-funded services and programs. The bill defines a person with a disability as someone with a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including caring for oneself, mobility, learning, seeing, hearing, communicating, breathing, working, and social interaction. It requires public and private entities receiving state money to provide reasonable accommodations and ensures that individuals with disabilities cannot be excluded from or denied benefits of services, programs, or activities due to their disability. Additionally, the bill reinforces existing protections for service animals, making it illegal to prohibit a person with a disability from bringing a properly leashed or harnessed service animal into public places like hotels, restaurants, and public transportation, and preventing additional charges for service animals. The bill also instructs the revisor of statutes to add cross-references to the law when referencing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, ensuring consistent legal terminology. The provisions will become effective immediately after final enactment.

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