1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for transition services for deaf, 
1.3 	hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind students.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; TRANSITION SERVICES.
 1.6 	$720,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health for the 
1.7 	biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for the purpose of providing interpreters for a regional 
1.8 	transition program that specializes in providing culturally appropriate transition services 
1.9 	that lead to employment for deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind students.