SF 670

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/14/2025 09:11 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to programs to provide
employment support services to persons with mental illness.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
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new text begin $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for grants
to programs that provide evidence-based employment support services to persons with
mental illness under Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 268A.14. This appropriation
is added to the base and must be used to sustain current programs and expand programs to
areas of the state without an existing evidence-based employment support program and to
expand existing programs, including programs that do not currently receive state funding.
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