HF 3985

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/19/2024 02:11pm

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; modifying a previous appropriation; amending Laws
2023, chapter 41, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Operations and Maintenance

686,558,000

676,294,000

(a) $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are to: (1)
increase the medical school's research
capacity; (2) improve the medical school's
ranking in National Institutes of Health
funding; (3) ensure the medical school's
national prominence by attracting and
retaining world-class faculty, staff, and
students; (4) invest in physician training
programs in rural and underserved
communities; and (5) translate the medical
school's research discoveries into new
treatments and cures to improve the health of
Minnesotans.

(b) $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$7,800,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for health
training restoration. This appropriation must
be used to support all of the following: (1)
faculty physicians who teach at eight residency
program sites, including medical resident and
student training programs in the Department
of Family Medicine; (2) the Mobile Dental
Clinic; and (3) expansion of geriatric
education and family programs.

(c) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for the
Minnesota Discovery, Research, and
InnoVation Economy funding program for
cancer care research.

(d) $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $500,000
in fiscal year 2025 are for the University of
Minnesota, Morris branch, to cover the costs
of tuition waivers under Minnesota Statutes,
section 137.16.

(e) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for
systemwide safety and security measures on
University of Minnesota campuses. The base
amount for this appropriation is $1,000,000
in fiscal year 2026 and later.

(f) $366,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $366,000
in fiscal year 2025 are for unemployment
insurance aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 268.193.

(g) $10,000,000 the first year is for programs
at the University of Minnesota Medical School
Campus on the CentraCare Health System
Campus in St. Cloud. This appropriation may
be used for tuition support, deleted text begin a residency
program, a rural health research program, a
program to target scholarships to students from
diverse backgrounds, and a scholarship
program targeted at students who will practice
in rural areas deleted text end new text begin including a scholarship
endowment fund targeted at students who will
practice in rural areas and targeted at students
from diverse backgrounds; costs associated
with opening and operating a new regional
campus; costs associated with the expansion
of a residency program; and costs associated
with starting and operating a rural health
research program new text end . This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2027, and must be
spent deleted text begin on deleted text end new text begin for activities on or associated with new text end
the CentraCare Health System Campus in the
greater St. Cloud area. This is a onetime
appropriation.

(h) $374,000 the first year and $110,000 the
second year are to pay the cost of supplies and
equipment necessary to provide access to
menstrual products for purposes of article 2,
section 2.

(i) The total operations and maintenance base
for fiscal year 2026 and later is $672,294,000.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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