1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; awarding a grant to a statewide advance care planning resource 
1.3 	organization; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated in the biennium ending June 30, 2017, from the general fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of health to award a grant to a statewide advance care planning 
1.8 	resource organization that has expertise in convening and coordinating community-based 
1.9 	strategies to encourage individuals, families, caregivers, and health care providers to begin 
1.10 	conversations regarding end-of-life care choices that express an individual's health care 
1.11 	values and preferences and are based on informed health care decisions.