1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for grant funding for opiate 
1.3 	antagonist purchases and training.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STEVE'S LAW GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $850,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of public safety for grants to educate emergency medical services persons, 
1.8 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.7401, subdivision 4, on the use of an opiate 
1.9 	antagonist in the event of an opioid or heroin overdose. The grant funding must be 
1.10 	distributed evenly to all eight regional emergency medical services programs. Grant funds 
1.11 	may be used for the purposes of training and education or purchasing opiate antagonists. 
1.12 	This appropriation is a onetime appropriation and is available through June 30, 2017.
1.13 	(b) For purposes of this section, "opiate antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride 
1.14 	or any similarly acting drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for 
1.15 	the treatment of drug overdose.