1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; establishing a grant program to fund immunization-related 
1.3 	activities for geographic areas and populations experiencing or at risk of 
1.4 	experiencing an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TARGETED GRANT PROGRAM TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THE 
1.7 	RISK OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASE OUTBREAKS.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner of health shall establish 
1.9 	and administer a two-year, targeted grant program to fund immunization-related activities 
1.10 	to prevent or reduce the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, especially in 
1.11 	communities with low immunization rates. Grant recipients shall use grant funds to support 
1.12 	immunization-related activities in at-risk communities to prevent or reduce the risk of 
1.13 	vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks. Entities eligible for grants under this section are 
1.14 	community health boards, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.02, subdivision 
1.15 	5, tribal governments, and community-based not-for-profit organizations experienced in 
1.16 	serving geographic areas or populations experiencing or at risk of experiencing an outbreak 
1.17 	of a vaccine-preventable disease.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Application. Entities seeking a grant under this section shall apply to the 
1.19 	commissioner in a form and manner and according to timelines established by the 
1.20 	commissioner. The application must include a complete description of the 
1.21 	immunization-related activities the entity proposes, the geographic area or population to be 
1.22 	served, the amount of funding sought, and a proposed budget detailing how the funds will 
1.23 	be spent.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Information and education materials; content. The commissioner must 
2.2 	develop or provide grant recipients with culturally competent information and educational 
2.3 	materials on immunizations, based on materials available from the Centers for Disease 
2.4 	Control and Prevention. The information and educational materials must be available in the 
2.5 	primary languages of the populations experiencing or at risk of experiencing a 
2.6 	vaccine-preventable disease outbreak and must at least address:
2.7 	(1) the benefits of immunizations to individuals and communities;
2.8 	(2) health information about the safety of immunizations;
2.9 	(3) the recommended schedules of immunizations for children, adolescents, and adults;
2.10 	(4) programs that provide free or reduced-cost immunizations to eligible individuals; 
2.11 	and
2.12 	(5) health clinics, health care providers, and other locations at which individuals may 
2.13 	obtain immunizations.

2.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.15 	$....... in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.16 	health for the targeted grant program to prevent or reduce the risk of vaccine-preventable 
2.17 	disease outbreaks under section 1. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until 
2.18 	June 30, 2021.