1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; providing funds to eliminate health disparities of first 
1.3 	generation Somali women in Minnesota; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH EQUITY.
 1.6 	$250,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of health for a grant to a Somali-based health care organization located 
1.8 	in Minnesota. The grant must be used to address health inequities experienced by first 
1.9 	generation Somali women. The services provided must be culturally specific in order to 
1.10 	improve Somali women's access to maternal health and preventive care; reduce infant 
1.11 	mortality; and increase health literacy. The grant recipient must use community-based 
1.12 	participatory research focusing on Somali women-centered programs, and must develop a 
1.13 	methodology to measure program effectiveness by achieving better health outcomes for 
1.14 	Somali women. The grant recipient must report the program's measured outcomes to 
1.15 	the commissioner by September 1, 2016.