1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing for the
1.3 	initiation and expansion of health occupation
1.4 	training; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 in fiscal year
1.8 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.9 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the
1.10 	Minnesota OIC State Council.  The grant shall be used to
1.11 	initiate and expand health occupation training at Minnesota
1.12 	Opportunity Industrialization Centers.  The grant shall be
1.13 	distributed evenly among those Minnesota Opportunity
1.14 	Industrialization Centers that have plans to either initiate or
1.15 	expand health occupations and career ladder training programs
1.16 	for individuals seeking employment as nurses, nursing
1.17 	assistants, home health aides, phlebotomists, or in the field of
1.18 	medical coding.  This appropriation is in addition to the base
1.19 	level funding and shall become part of the agency's budget base.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.