1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money to the commissioner of human 
1.3 	services for grants for operating subsidies for rural mental health crisis facilities 
1.4 	developed under a bonding program.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS FACILITY 
1.7 	OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS.
 1.8 	$3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated to the commissioner of human services 
1.9 	for up to six grants for operating subsidies of up to $500,000, each to be distributed monthly 
1.10 	to a mental health program that operates in a facility developed as part of the behavioral 
1.11 	health crisis facilities grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 245G.011. Grant 
1.12 	applicants shall submit a financial plan that includes the requested subsidy amount, proposed 
1.13 	subsidy duration, documentation of the program's monthly operating costs and funding 
1.14 	structure, and any other materials that the commissioner deems necessary to determine the 
1.15 	subsidy amount. The commissioner shall approve the financial plan and the amount of the 
1.16 	subsidy before funds may be distributed. Grants under this section may be made available 
1.17 	for operating subsidies from July 1, 2023, until June 30, 2026. Grant recipients shall reconcile 
1.18 	with the commissioner at the end of each fiscal year to ensure that the program's net 
1.19 	operations are balanced before the final distribution is made. This is a onetime appropriation 
1.20 	and is available until June 30, 2026.