1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for advanced care planning on end-of-life 
1.3 	care choices.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION FOR ADVANCED CARE PLANNING.
 1.6 	$500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of health to award a grant to a statewide advanced care planning resource 
1.8 	organization that has expertise in convening and coordinating community-based strategies 
1.9 	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. $500,000 is 
1.12 	added to the base appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2018 and continuing in each fiscal 
1.13 	year thereafter for grants for advanced care planning.