1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money for operations and maintenance 
1.3 	of the University of Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; OPERATIONS 
1.6 	AND MAINTENANCE.
 1.7 	(a) $700,818,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $745,818,000 in fiscal year 2025 are 
1.8 	appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
1.9 	for operations and maintenance of the University of Minnesota.
1.10 	(b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a):
1.11 	(1) $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are to:
1.12 	(i) increase the medical school's research capacity;
1.13 	(ii) improve the medical school's ranking in National Institutes of Health funding;
1.14 	(iii) ensure the medical school's national prominence by attracting and retaining 
1.15 	world-class faculty, staff, and students;
1.16 	(iv) invest in physician training programs in rural and underserved communities; and
1.17 	(v) translate the medical school's research discoveries into new treatments and cures to 
1.18 	improve the health of Minnesotans;
1.19 	(2) $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for health 
1.20 	training restoration and must be used to support all of the following:
2.1 	(i) faculty physicians who teach at eight residency program sites, including medical 
2.2 	resident and student training programs in the Department of Family Medicine;
2.3 	(ii) the Mobile Dental Clinic; and
2.4 	(iii) expansion of geriatric education and family programs;
2.5 	(3) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for the 
2.6 	Minnesota Discovery, Research, and InnoVation Economy funding program for cancer care 
2.7 	research; and
2.8 	(4) $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for the University 
2.9 	of Minnesota, Morris branch, to cover the costs of tuition waivers under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.10 	section 137.16.