1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; correcting miscellaneous oversights, 
1.3 	inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors;amending 
1.4 	Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, sections 2, subdivision 5; 3, subdivision 2; 
1.5 	Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 2, section 88.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5, is amended to 
1.8 	read:

1.9	Subd. 5.Grant Programs
 					
1.10 	The amounts that may be spent from this 
1.11 	appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

1.12	(a) Support Services Grants

1.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.14	General
	13,133,000
	8,715,000
	
1.15	Federal TANF
	96,311,000
	96,311,000

1.16
1.17	(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
Grants
		48,439,000
		51,559,000
	
1.18 	Basic Sliding Fee Waiting List Allocation. 
1.19 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.20 	119B.03, $5,413,000 in fiscal year 2016 is to 
1.21 	reduce the basic sliding fee program waiting 
1.22 	list as follows:
2.1 	(1) The calendar year 2016 allocation shall 
2.2 	be increased to serve families on the waiting 
2.3 	list. To receive funds appropriated for this 
2.4 	purpose, a county must have:
2.5 	(i) a waiting list in the most recent published 
2.6 	waiting list month; 
2.7 	(ii) an average of at least ten families on the 
2.8 	most recent six months of published waiting 
2.9 	list; and 
2.10 	(iii) total expenditures in calendar year 
2.11 	2014 that met or exceeded 80 percent of the 
2.12 	county's available final allocation.
2.13 	(2) Funds shall be distributed proportionately 
2.14 	based on the average of the most recent six 
2.15 	months of published waiting lists to counties 
2.16 	that meet the criteria in clause (1).
2.17 	(3) Allocations in calendar years 2017 
2.18 	and beyond shall be calculated using the 
2.19 	allocation formula in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.20 	section 119B.03.
2.21 	(4) The guaranteed floor for calendar year 
2.22 	2017 shall be based on the revised calendar 
2.23 	year 2016 allocation. 
2.24 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
2.25 	base is increased by $810,000 in fiscal year 
2.26 	2018 and increased by $821,000 in fiscal 
2.27 	year 2019.

2.28	(c) Child Care Development Grants
		1,737,000
		1,737,000

2.29	(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
		50,000
		50,000

2.30	(e) Children's Services Grants

2.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.32	General
	39,015,000
	38,665,000
	
2.33	Federal TANF
	140,000
	140,000
	
3.1 	Safe Place for Newborns. $350,000 from 
3.2 	the general fund in fiscal year 2016 is to 
3.3 	distribute information on the Safe Place 
3.4 	for Newborns law in Minnesota to increase 
3.5 	public awareness of the law. This is a 
3.6 	onetime appropriation.
3.7 	Child Protection. $23,350,000 in fiscal year 
3.8 	2016 and $23,350,000 in fiscal year 2017 
3.9 	are to address child protection staffing and 
3.10 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.11 	256M.41. $1,650,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
3.12 	$1,650,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for child 
3.13 	protection grants to address child welfare 
3.14 	disparities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.15 	256E.28. 
3.16 	Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional 
3.17 	federal reimbursement to the state as a result 
3.18 	of the Fostering Connections to Success 
3.19 	and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded 
3.20 	eligibility for title IV-E adoption assistance 
3.21 	is appropriated to the commissioner 
3.22 	for postadoption services, including a 
3.23 	parent-to-parent support network. 
3.24 	Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants. 
3.25 	Federal funds available during fiscal years 
3.26 	2016 and 2017 for adoption incentive 
3.27 	grants are appropriated to the commissioner 
3.28 	for postadoption services, including a 
3.29 	parent-to-parent support network.

3.30	(f) Children and Community Service Grants
		56,301,000
		56,301,000

3.31	(g) Children and Economic Support Grants
		26,778,000
		26,966,000
	
3.32 	Mobile Food Shelf Grants. (a) $1,000,000 
3.33 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in 
3.34 	fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to Hunger 
4.1 	Solutions. This is a onetime appropriation 
4.2 	and is available until June 30, 2017.
4.3 	(b) Hunger Solutions shall award grants of 
4.4 	up to $75,000 on a competitive basis. Grant 
4.5 	applications must include:
4.6 	(1) the location of the project;
4.7 	(2) a description of the mobile program, 
4.8 	including size and scope;
4.9 	(3) evidence regarding the unserved or 
4.10 	underserved nature of the community in 
4.11 	which the project is to be located;
4.12 	(4) evidence of community support for the 
4.13 	project;
4.14 	(5) the total cost of the project;
4.15 	(6) the amount of the grant request and how 
4.16 	funds will be used;
4.17 	(7) sources of funding or in-kind 
4.18 	contributions for the project that will 
4.19 	supplement any grant award; 
4.20 	(8) a commitment to mobile programs by the 
4.21 	applicant and an ongoing commitment to 
4.22 	maintain the mobile program; and
4.23 	(9) any additional information requested by 
4.24 	Hunger Solutions.
4.25 	(c) Priority may be given to applicants who:
4.26 	(1) serve underserved areas;
4.27 	(2) create a new or expand an existing mobile 
4.28 	program;
4.29 	(3) serve areas where a high amount of need 
4.30 	is identified;
5.1 	(4) provide evidence of strong support for the 
5.2 	project from citizens and other institutions in 
5.3 	the community;
5.4 	(5) leverage funding for the project from 
5.5 	other private and public sources; and
5.6 	(6) commit to maintaining the program on a 
5.7 	multilayer basis.
5.8 	Homeless Youth Act. Of this appropriation, 
5.9 	At least $500,000 of the appropriation for 
5.10 	the Homeless Youth Act must be awarded to 
5.11 	providers in greater Minnesota, with at least 
5.12 	25 percent of this amount for new applicant 
5.13 	providers. The commissioner shall provide 
5.14 	outreach and technical assistance to greater 
5.15 	Minnesota providers and new providers to 
5.16 	encourage responding to the request for 
5.17 	proposals.
5.18 	Stearns County Veterans Housing. 
5.19 	$85,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $85,000 
5.20 	in fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to 
5.21 	Stearns County to provide administrative 
5.22 	funding in support of a service provider 
5.23 	serving veterans in Stearns County. The 
5.24 	administrative funding grant may be used to 
5.25 	support group residential housing services, 
5.26 	corrections-related services, veteran services, 
5.27 	and other social services related to the service 
5.28 	provider serving veterans in Stearns County.
5.29 	Safe Harbor. $800,000 in fiscal year 2016 
5.30 	and $800,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from 
5.31 	the general fund for emergency shelter and 
5.32 	transitional and long-term housing beds for 
5.33 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
5.34 	sexual exploitation. Of this appropriation, 
5.35 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 in 
6.1 	fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund for 
6.2 	statewide youth outreach workers connecting 
6.3 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
6.4 	sexual exploitation with shelter and services.
6.5 	Minnesota Food Assistance Program. 
6.6 	Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food 
6.7 	assistance program for fiscal year 2016 do 
6.8 	not cancel but are available for this purpose 
6.9 	in fiscal year 2017. 
6.10 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
6.11 	base is decreased by $816,000 in fiscal year 
6.12 	2018 and is decreased by $606,000 in fiscal 
6.13 	year 2019.

6.14	(h) Health Care Grants

6.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.16	General
	536,000
	2,482,000
	
6.17	Health Care Access
	3,341,000
	3,465,000
	
6.18 	Grants for Periodic Data Matching for 
6.19 	Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. 
6.20 	Of the general fund appropriation, $26,000 
6.21 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,276,000 in fiscal 
6.22 	year 2017 are for grants to counties for 
6.23 	costs related to periodic data matching 
6.24 	for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare 
6.25 	recipients under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.26 	section 256B.0561. The commissioner 
6.27 	must distribute these grants to counties in 
6.28 	proportion to each county's number of cases 
6.29 	in the prior year in the affected programs.
6.30 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
6.31 	base is increased by $1,637,000 in fiscal year 
6.32 	2018 and increased by $1,229,000 in fiscal 
6.33 	year 2019.

6.34	(i) Other Long-Term Care Grants
		1,551,000
		3,069,000
	
7.1 	Transition Populations. $1,551,000 in fiscal 
7.2 	year 2016 and $1,725,000 in fiscal year 2017 
7.3 	are for home and community-based services 
7.4 	transition grants to assist in providing home 
7.5 	and community-based services and treatment 
7.6 	for transition populations under Minnesota 
7.7 	Statutes, section 256.478.
7.8 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
7.9 	base is increased by $156,000 in fiscal year 
7.10 	2018 and by $581,000 in fiscal year 2019.

7.11	(j) Aging and Adult Services Grants
		28,463,000
		28,162,000
	
7.12 	Dementia Grants. $750,000 in fiscal year 
7.13 	2016 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2017 
7.14 	are for the Minnesota Board on Aging for 
7.15 	regional and local dementia grants authorized 
7.16 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 256.975, 
7.17 	subdivision 11.

7.18	(k) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
		2,225,000
		2,375,000
	
7.19 	Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard-of-Hearing 
7.20 	Grants. $350,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
7.21 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for deaf 
7.22 	and hard-of-hearing grants. The funds 
7.23 	must be used to increase the number of 
7.24 	deafblind Minnesotans receiving services 
7.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 256C.261, 
7.26 	and to provide linguistically and culturally 
7.27 	appropriate mental health services to children 
7.28 	who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. 
7.29 	This is a onetime appropriation.
7.30 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
7.31 	base is decreased by $500,000 in fiscal year 
7.32 	2018 and by $500,000 in fiscal year 2019.

7.33	(l) Disabilities Grants
		20,820,000
		20,858,000
	
8.1 	State Quality Council. $573,000 in fiscal 
8.2 	year 2016 and $600,000 in fiscal year 
8.3 	2017 are for the State Quality Council to 
8.4 	provide technical assistance and monitoring 
8.5 	of person-centered outcomes related to 
8.6 	inclusive community living and employment. 
8.7 	The funding must be used by the State 
8.8 	Quality Council to assure a statewide plan 
8.9 	for systems change in person-centered 
8.10 	planning that will achieve desired outcomes 
8.11 	including increased integrated employment 
8.12 	and community living.

8.13	(m) Adult Mental Health Grants

8.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.15	General
	69,992,000
	71,244,000
	
8.16	Health Care Access
	1,575,000
	2,473,000
	
8.17	Lottery Prize
	1,733,000
	1,733,000
	
8.18 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
8.19 	year's appropriation for adult mental health 
8.20 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
8.21 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
8.22 	31.
8.23 	Culturally Specific Mental Health 
8.24 	Services. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for 
8.25 	grants to nonprofit organizations to provide 
8.26 	resources and referrals for culturally specific 
8.27 	mental health services to Southeast Asian 
8.28 	veterans born before 1965 who do not qualify 
8.29 	for services available to veterans formally 
8.30 	discharged from the United States armed 
8.31 	forces.
8.32 	Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year 
8.33 	2016 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 
8.34 	from the lottery prize fund for a grant to the 
8.35 	state affiliate recognized by the National 
9.1 	Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate 
9.2 	must provide services to increase public 
9.3 	awareness of problem gambling, education, 
9.4 	and training for individuals and organizations 
9.5 	providing effective treatment services to 
9.6 	problem gamblers and their families, and 
9.7 	research related to problem gambling.
9.8 	Sustainability Grants. $2,125,000 in fiscal 
9.9 	year 2016 and $2,125,000 in fiscal year 2017 
9.10 	are for sustainability grants under Minnesota 
9.11 	Statutes, section 256B.0622, subdivision 11.
9.12 	Beltrami County Mental Health Services 
9.13 	Grant. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
9.14 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
9.15 	general fund for a grant to Beltrami County 
9.16 	to fund the planning and development of 
9.17 	a comprehensive mental health services 
9.18 	program under article 2, section 41, 
9.19 	Comprehensive Mental Health Program 
9.20 	in Beltrami County. This is a onetime 
9.21 	appropriation.
9.22 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
9.23 	base is increased by $723,000 in fiscal year 
9.24 	2018 and by $723,000 in fiscal year 2019. 
9.25 	The health care access fund base is decreased 
9.26 	by $1,723,000 in fiscal year 2018 and by 
9.27 	$1,723,000 in fiscal year 2019.

9.28	(n) Child Mental Health Grants
		23,386,000
		24,313,000
	
9.29 	Services and Supports for First Episode 
9.30 	Psychosis. $177,000 in fiscal year 2017 is 
9.31 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.32 	245.4889, to mental health providers to pilot 
9.33 	evidence-based interventions for youth at risk 
9.34 	of developing or experiencing a first episode 
9.35 	of psychosis and for a public awareness 
10.1 	campaign on the signs and symptoms of 
10.2 	psychosis. The base for these grants is 
10.3 	$236,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $301,000 in 
10.4 	fiscal year 2019.
10.5 	Adverse Childhood Experiences. The base 
10.6 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.7 	245.4889, to children's mental health and 
10.8 	family services collaboratives for adverse 
10.9 	childhood experiences (ACEs) training 
10.10 	grants and for an interactive Web site 
10.11 	connection to support ACEs in Minnesota is 
10.12 	$363,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $363,000 in 
10.13 	fiscal year 2019.
10.14 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
10.15 	year's appropriation for child mental health 
10.16 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
10.17 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
10.18 	31.
10.19 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
10.20 	base is increased by $422,000 in fiscal year 
10.21 	2018 and is increased by $487,000 in fiscal 
10.22 	year 2019.

10.23
10.24	(o) Chemical Dependency Treatment Support 
Grants
		1,561,000
		1,561,000
	
10.25 	Chemical Dependency Prevention. 
10.26 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 
10.27 	in fiscal year 2017 are for grants to 
10.28 	nonprofit organizations to provide chemical 
10.29 	dependency prevention programs in 
10.30 	secondary schools. When making grants, the 
10.31 	commissioner must consider the expertise, 
10.32 	prior experience, and outcomes achieved 
10.33 	by applicants that have provided prevention 
10.34 	programming in secondary education 
10.35 	environments. An applicant for the grant 
11.1 	funds must provide verification to the 
11.2 	commissioner that the applicant has available 
11.3 	and will contribute sufficient funds to match 
11.4 	the grant given by the commissioner. This is 
11.5 	a onetime appropriation.
11.6 	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grants. $250,000 
11.7 	in fiscal year 2016 and $250,000 in fiscal year 
11.8 	2017 are for grants to be administered by the 
11.9 	Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol 
11.10 	Syndrome to provide comprehensive, 
11.11 	gender-specific services to pregnant and 
11.12 	parenting women suspected of or known 
11.13 	to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs. 
11.14 	This appropriation is for grants to no fewer 
11.15 	than three eligible recipients. Minnesota 
11.16 	Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
11.17 	must report to the commissioner of human 
11.18 	services annually by January 15 on the 
11.19 	grants funded by this appropriation. The 
11.20 	report must include measurable outcomes for 
11.21 	the previous year, including the number of 
11.22 	pregnant women served and the number of 
11.23 	toxic-free babies born.
11.24 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
11.25 	base is decreased by $150,000 in fiscal year 
11.26 	2018 and by $150,000 in fiscal year 2019.

11.27 	Sec. 2. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

11.28	Subd. 2.Health Improvement

11.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.30	General 
	68,653,000 
	68,984,000
	
11.31
11.32	State Government 
Special Revenue
	6,264,000
	6,182,000
	
11.33	Health Care Access
	33,987,000
	33,421,000
	
11.34	Federal TANF
	11,713,000
	11,713,000
	
12.1 	Violence Against Asian Women Working 
12.2 	Group. $200,000 in fiscal year 2016 from 
12.3 	the general fund is for the working group on 
12.4 	violence against Asian women and children.
12.5 	MERC Program. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 
12.6 	2016 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 
12.7 	from the general fund for the MERC program 
12.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.692, 
12.9 	subdivision 4.
12.10 	Poison Information Center Grants. 
12.11 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $750,000 in 
12.12 	fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund 
12.13 	for regional poison information center grants 
12.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.93.
12.15 	Advanced Care Planning. $250,000 in 
12.16 	fiscal year 2016 is from the general fund 
12.17 	to award a grant to a statewide advance 
12.18 	care planning resource organization that has 
12.19 	expertise in convening and coordinating 
12.20 	community-based strategies to encourage 
12.21 	individuals, families, caregivers, and health 
12.22 	care providers to begin conversations 
12.23 	regarding end-of-life care choices that 
12.24 	express an individual's health care values 
12.25 	and preferences and are based on informed 
12.26 	health care decisions. This is a onetime 
12.27 	appropriation.
12.28 	Early Dental Prevention Initiatives. 
12.29 	$172,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $140,000 in 
12.30 	fiscal year 2017 are for the development and 
12.31 	distribution of the early dental prevention 
12.32 	initiative under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.33 	144.3875.
12.34 	International Medical Graduate 
12.35 	Assistance Program. (a) $500,000 in fiscal 
13.1 	year 2016 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2017 
13.2 	are from the health care access fund for 
13.3 	the grant programs and necessary contracts 
13.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1911, 
13.5 	subdivisions 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), and 
13.6 	4 and 5. The commissioner may use up to 
13.7 	$133,000 per year of the appropriation for 
13.8 	international medical graduate assistance 
13.9 	program administration duties in Minnesota 
13.10 	Statutes, section 144.1911, subdivisions 
13.11 	3, 9, and 10, and for administering the 
13.12 	grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.13 	section 144.1911, subdivisions 4, 5, 
13.14 	and 6. The commissioner shall develop 
13.15 	recommendations for any additional funding 
13.16 	required for initiatives needed to achieve the 
13.17 	objectives of Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.18 	144.1911. The commissioner shall report the 
13.19 	funding recommendations to the legislature 
13.20 	by January 15, 2016, in the report required 
13.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1911, 
13.22 	subdivision 10. The base for this purpose is 
13.23 	$1,000,000 in fiscal years 2018 and 2019.
13.24 	(b) $500,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
13.25 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
13.26 	health care access fund for transfer to the 
13.27 	revolving international medical graduate 
13.28 	residency account established in Minnesota 
13.29 	Statutes, section 144.1911, subdivision 6. 
13.30 	This is a onetime appropriation.
13.31 	Federally Qualified Health Centers. 
13.32 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
13.33 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
13.34 	general fund to provide subsidies to federally 
13.35 	qualified health centers under Minnesota 
14.1 	Statutes, section 145.9269. This is a onetime 
14.2 	appropriation.
14.3 	Organ Donation. $200,000 in fiscal year 
14.4 	2016 is from the general fund to establish 
14.5 	a grant program to develop and create 
14.6 	culturally appropriate outreach programs that 
14.7 	provide education about the importance of 
14.8 	organ donation. Grants shall be awarded to 
14.9 	a federally designated organ procurement 
14.10 	organization and hospital system that 
14.11 	performs transplants. This is a onetime 
14.12 	appropriation.
14.13 	Primary Care Residency. $1,500,000 in 
14.14 	fiscal year 2016 and $1,500,000 in fiscal 
14.15 	year 2017 are from the general fund for 
14.16 	the purposes of the primary care residency 
14.17 	expansion grant program under Minnesota 
14.18 	Statutes, section 144.1506.
14.19 	Somali Women's Health Pilot Program. 
14.20 	(a) The commissioner of health shall 
14.21 	establish a pilot program between one or 
14.22 	more federally qualified health centers, as 
14.23 	defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.24 	145.9269, a nonprofit organization that 
14.25 	helps Somali women, and the Minnesota 
14.26 	Evaluation Studies Institute, to develop 
14.27 	a promising strategy to address the 
14.28 	preventative and primary health care needs 
14.29 	of, and address health inequities experienced 
14.30 	by, first generation Somali women. The 
14.31 	pilot program must collaboratively develop 
14.32 	a patient flow process for first generation 
14.33 	Somali women by:
14.34 	(1) addressing and identifying clinical and 
14.35 	cultural barriers to Somali women accessing 
15.1 	preventative and primary care, including, 
15.2 	but not limited to, cervical and breast cancer 
15.3 	screenings;
15.4 	(2) developing a culturally appropriate health 
15.5 	curriculum for Somali women based on 
15.6 	the outcomes from the community-based 
15.7 	participatory research report "Cultural 
15.8 	Traditions and the Reproductive Health 
15.9 	of Somali Refugees and Immigrants" to 
15.10 	increase the health literacy of Somali women 
15.11 	and develop culturally specific health care 
15.12 	information; and
15.13 	(3) training the federally qualified health 
15.14 	center's providers and staff to enhance 
15.15 	provider and staff cultural competence 
15.16 	regarding the cultural barriers, including 
15.17 	female genital cutting.
15.18 	(b) The pilot program must develop a process 
15.19 	that results in increased screening rates 
15.20 	for cervical and breast cancer and can be 
15.21 	replicated by other providers serving ethnic 
15.22 	minorities. The pilot program must conduct 
15.23 	an evaluation of the new patient flow process 
15.24 	used by Somali women to access federally 
15.25 	qualified health centers services.
15.26 	(c) The pilot program must report the 
15.27 	outcomes to the commissioner by June 30, 
15.28 	2017.
15.29 	(d) $110,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for the 
15.30 	Somali women's health pilot program. Of 
15.31 	this appropriation, the commissioner may 
15.32 	use up to $10,000 to administer the program. 
15.33 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
15.34 	2017. This is a onetime appropriation.
16.1 	Menthol Cigarette Usage in 
16.2 	African-American Community 
16.3 	Intervention Grants. Of the health care 
16.4 	access fund appropriation for the statewide 
16.5 	health improvement program, $200,000 in 
16.6 	fiscal year 2016 is for at least one grant that 
16.7 	must be awarded by the commissioner to 
16.8 	implement strategies and interventions to 
16.9 	reduce the disproportionately high usage of 
16.10 	cigarettes by African-Americans, especially 
16.11 	the use of menthol-flavored cigarettes, as 
16.12 	well as the disproportionate harm tobacco 
16.13 	causes in that community. The grantee shall 
16.14 	engage members of the African-American 
16.15 	community and community-based 
16.16 	organizations. This grant shall be awarded 
16.17 	as part of the statewide health improvement 
16.18 	program grants awarded on November 1, 
16.19 	2015, and must meet the requirements of 
16.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 145.986.
16.21 	Targeted Home Visiting System. (a) 
16.22 	$75,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for the 
16.23 	commissioner of health, in consultation 
16.24 	with the commissioners of human services 
16.25 	and education, community health boards, 
16.26 	tribal nations, and other home visiting 
16.27 	stakeholders, to design baseline training 
16.28 	for new home visitors to ensure statewide 
16.29 	coordination across home visiting programs.
16.30 	(b) $575,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
16.31 	$2,000,000 fiscal year 2017 are to provide 
16.32 	grants to community health boards and 
16.33 	tribal nations for start-up grants for new 
16.34 	nurse-family partnership programs and 
16.35 	for grants to expand existing programs 
16.36 	to serve first-time mothers, prenatally by 
17.1 	28 weeks gestation until the child is two 
17.2 	years of age, who are eligible for medical 
17.3 	assistance under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
17.4 	256B, or the federal Special Supplemental 
17.5 	Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
17.6 	Children. The commissioner shall award 
17.7 	grants to community health boards or tribal 
17.8 	nations in metropolitan and rural areas of 
17.9 	the state. Priority for all grants shall be 
17.10 	given to nurse-family partnership programs 
17.11 	that provide services through a Minnesota 
17.12 	health care program-enrolled provider that 
17.13 	accepts medical assistance. Additionally, 
17.14 	priority for grants to rural areas shall be 
17.15 	given to community health boards and tribal 
17.16 	nations that expand services within regional 
17.17 	partnerships that provide the nurse-family 
17.18 	partnership program. Funding available 
17.19 	under this paragraph may only be used to 
17.20 	supplement, not to replace, funds being used 
17.21 	for nurse-family partnership home visiting 
17.22 	services as of June 30, 2015.
17.23 	Opiate Antagonists. $270,000 in fiscal 
17.24 	year 2016 and $20,000 in fiscal year 2017 
17.25 	are from the general fund for grants to the 
17.26 	eight regional emergency medical services 
17.27 	programs to purchase opiate antagonists 
17.28 	and educate and train emergency medical 
17.29 	services persons, as defined in Minnesota 
17.30 	Statutes, section 144.7401, subdivision 
17.31 	4, clauses (1) and (2), in the use of these 
17.32 	antagonists in the event of an opioid or 
17.33 	heroin overdose. For the purposes of 
17.34 	this paragraph, "opiate antagonist" means 
17.35 	naloxone hydrochloride or any similarly 
17.36 	acting drug approved by the federal Food 
18.1 	and Drug Administration for the treatment of 
18.2 	drug overdose. Grants under this paragraph 
18.3 	must be distributed to all eight regional 
18.4 	emergency medical services programs. This 
18.5 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
18.6 	until June 30, 2017. The commissioner may 
18.7 	use up to $20,000 of the amount for opiate 
18.8 	antagonists for administration.
18.9 	Local and Tribal Public Health Grants. (a) 
18.10 	$894,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $894,000 in 
18.11 	fiscal year 2017 are for an increase in local 
18.12 	public health grants for community health 
18.13 	boards under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.14 	145A.131, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
18.15 	(b) $106,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $106,000 
18.16 	in fiscal year 2017 are for an increase in 
18.17 	special grants to tribal governments under 
18.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.14, 
18.19 	subdivision 2a.
18.20 	HCBS Employee Scholarships. $1,000,000 
18.21 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in fiscal 
18.22 	year 2017 are from the general fund for 
18.23 	the home and community-based services 
18.24 	employee scholarship program under 
18.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1503. The 
18.26 	commissioner may use up to $50,000 of the 
18.27 	amount for the HCBS employee scholarships 
18.28 	for administration.
18.29 	Family Planning Special Projects. 
18.30 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
18.31 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
18.32 	general fund for family planning special 
18.33 	project grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
18.34 	section 145.925.
19.1 	Positive Alternatives. $1,000,000 in fiscal 
19.2 	year 2016 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 
19.3 	2017 are from the general fund for positive 
19.4 	abortion alternatives under Minnesota 
19.5 	Statutes, section 145.4235.
19.6 	Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Youth. 
19.7 	$700,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $700,000 in 
19.8 	fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund 
19.9 	for the safe harbor program under Minnesota 
19.10 	Statutes, sections 145.4716 to 145.4718. 
19.11 	Funds shall be used for grants to increase 
19.12 	the number of regional navigators; training 
19.13 	for professionals who engage with exploited 
19.14 	or at-risk youth; implementing statewide 
19.15 	protocols and best practices for effectively 
19.16 	identifying, interacting with, and referring 
19.17 	sexually exploited youth to appropriate 
19.18 	resources; and program operating costs.
19.19 	Health Care Grants for Uninsured 
19.20 	Individuals. (a) $125,000 $62,500 in fiscal 
19.21 	year 2016 and $125,000 $62,500 in fiscal year 
19.22 	2017 are from the general health care access 
19.23 	fund for dental provider grants in Minnesota 
19.24 	Statutes, section 145.929, subdivision 1.
19.25 	(b) $437,500 $218,750 in fiscal year 2016 
19.26 	and $437,500 $218,750 in fiscal year 2017 
19.27 	are from the general health care access fund 
19.28 	for community mental health program grants 
19.29 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 145.929, 
19.30 	subdivision 2.
19.31 	(c) $1,500,000 $750,000 in fiscal year 2016 
19.32 	and $1,500,000 $750,000 in fiscal year 2017 
19.33 	are from the general health care access fund 
19.34 	for the emergency medical assistance outlier 
20.1 	grant program in Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.2 	145.929, subdivision 3. 
20.3 	(d) $437,500 $218,750 of the general health 
20.4 	care access fund appropriation in fiscal years 
20.5 	year 2016 and $218,750 in fiscal year 2017 
20.6 	is are for community health center grants 
20.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9269. 
20.8 	A community health center that receives a 
20.9 	grant from this appropriation is not eligible 
20.10 	for a grant under paragraph (b).
20.11 	(e) The commissioner may use up to $25,000 
20.12 	of the appropriations for health care grants 
20.13 	for uninsured individuals in fiscal years 2016 
20.14 	and 2017 for grant administration.
20.15 	TANF Appropriations. (a) $1,156,000 of 
20.16 	the TANF funds is appropriated each year of 
20.17 	the biennium to the commissioner for family 
20.18 	planning grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
20.19 	section 145.925.
20.20 	(b) $3,579,000 of the TANF funds is 
20.21 	appropriated each year of the biennium to 
20.22 	the commissioner for home visiting and 
20.23 	nutritional services listed under Minnesota 
20.24 	Statutes, section 145.882, subdivision 7, 
20.25 	clauses (6) and (7). Funds must be distributed 
20.26 	to community health boards according to 
20.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.131, 
20.28 	subdivision 1.
20.29 	(c) $2,000,000 of the TANF funds is 
20.30 	appropriated each year of the biennium to 
20.31 	the commissioner for decreasing racial and 
20.32 	ethnic disparities in infant mortality rates 
20.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.928, 
20.34 	subdivision 7.
21.1 	(d) $4,978,000 of the TANF funds is 
21.2 	appropriated each year of the biennium to the 
21.3 	commissioner for the family home visiting 
21.4 	grant program according to Minnesota 
21.5 	Statutes, section 145A.17. $4,000,000 of the 
21.6 	funding must be distributed to community 
21.7 	health boards according to Minnesota 
21.8 	Statutes, section 145A.131, subdivision 1. 
21.9 	$978,000 of the funding must be distributed to 
21.10 	tribal governments as provided in Minnesota 
21.11 	Statutes, section 145A.14, subdivision 2a.
21.12 	(e) The commissioner may use up to 6.23 
21.13 	percent of the funds appropriated each fiscal 
21.14 	year to conduct the ongoing evaluations 
21.15 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.16 	145A.17, subdivision 7, and training and 
21.17 	technical assistance as required under 
21.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17, 
21.19 	subdivisions 4 and 5.
21.20 	TANF Carryforward. Any unexpended 
21.21 	balance of the TANF appropriation in the 
21.22 	first year of the biennium does not cancel but 
21.23 	is available for the second year.
21.24 	Health Professional Loan Forgiveness. 
21.25 	$2,631,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
21.26 	$2,631,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from 
21.27 	the general health care access fund for the 
21.28 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.29 	144.1501. Of this appropriation, the 
21.30 	commissioner may use up to $131,000 each 
21.31 	year to administer the program.
21.32 	Minnesota Stroke System. $350,000 in 
21.33 	fiscal year 2016 and $350,000 in fiscal 
21.34 	year 2017 are from the general fund for the 
21.35 	Minnesota stroke system.
22.1 	Prevention of Violence in Health Care. 
22.2 	$50,000 in fiscal year 2016 is to continue the 
22.3 	prevention of violence in health care program 
22.4 	and creating violence prevention resources 
22.5 	for hospitals and other health care providers 
22.6 	to use in training their staff on violence 
22.7 	prevention. This is a onetime appropriation 
22.8 	and is available until June 30, 2017.
22.9 	Health Care Savings Determinations. (a) 
22.10 	The health care access fund base for the state 
22.11 	health improvement program is decreased by 
22.12 	$261,000 in fiscal year 2016 and decreased 
22.13 	by $110,000 in fiscal year 2017.
22.14 	(b) $261,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $110,000 
22.15 	in fiscal year 2017 are from the health care 
22.16 	access fund for the forecasting, cost reporting, 
22.17 	and analysis required by Minnesota Statutes, 
22.18 	section 62U.10, subdivisions 6 and 7.
22.19 	Base Level Adjustments. The general fund 
22.20 	base is decreased by $1,070,000 in fiscal 
22.21 	year 2018 and by $1,020,000 in fiscal year 
22.22 	2019. The state government special revenue 
22.23 	fund base is increased by $33,000 in fiscal 
22.24 	year 2018. The health care access fund base 
22.25 	is increased by $610,000 in fiscal year 2018 
22.26 	and by $23,000 in fiscal year 2019. 

22.27 	Sec. 3. Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 2, section 88, is amended to read:
22.28 	Sec. 88. REPEALER.
 22.29 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.9223; 3.9225; and 3.9226, subdivisions 1, 
22.30 	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, are repealed.
22.31 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 6.48; and section 375.23, are is repealed.
22.32 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 155A.23, subdivision 6, is repealed.
22.33 	(d) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 6.48, is repealed.

22.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE.  Paragraph (d) is effective August 1, 2016.

23.1 	Sec. 4. SUPERSEDING PROVISION; LAWS 2015, CHAPTER 42.
 23.2 	Laws 2015, chapter 42, sections 1, 2, and 3, are effective July 1, 2015.

23.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

23.4 	Sec. 5. SUPERSEDING PROVISION; LAWS 2015, CHAPTER 71.
 23.5 	Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 1, sections 41 and 43, are effective October 1, 2015.

23.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

23.7 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 23.8 	Unless otherwise provided, each section of this act is effective at the time the 
23.9 	provision being corrected is effective.