1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public health; providing grants to reduce reproductive health 
1.3 	disparities for Somali women; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$170,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of health for a grant to a Somali-based organization located in the 
1.8 	metropolitan area to develop a reproductive health strategic plan to eliminate reproductive 
1.9 	health disparities for Somali women. The plan shall develop initiatives to provide 
1.10 	educational and information resources to health care providers, community organizations, 
1.11 	and Somali women to ensure effective interaction with Somali culture and western 
1.12 	medicine and the delivery of appropriate health care services, and the achievement of 
1.13 	better health outcomes for Somali women. The plan must engage health care providers, 
1.14 	the Somali community, and Somali health-centered organizations. The commissioner 
1.15 	shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house 
1.16 	committees with jurisdiction over health policy on the strategic plan developed under 
1.17 	this grant for eliminating reproductive health disparities for Somali women. The report 
1.18 	must be submitted by February 15, 2014.