SF 4931
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/27/2026 09:28 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying services that may be provided by school-based health
centers; requiring the commissioner of health to distribute stabilization grants to
school-based health centers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 145.903, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.903, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
School-based health center services.
(a) Services provided by a school-based
health center may include but are not limited to:
(1) preventive health care;
(2) chronic medical condition management, including diabetes and asthma care;
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(4) acute care for illness and injury;
(5) oral health care;
(6) vision care;
(7) nutritional counseling;
(8) substance abuse counseling;
(9) referral to a specialist, medical home, or hospital for care;
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(10) care coordination among schools, families, and community health care providers;
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(11) home visits and community-based care to provide services to students unable to
safely attend school;
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(b) Services provided via telehealth must be provided in conjunction with in-person care
to the extent possible, or must be provided responsively to students when not in attendance
at school.
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student support provided in the school by educational student service providers, including
but not limited to licensed school nurses, educational psychologists, school social workers,
and school counselors.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER STABILIZATION GRANTS.
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(a) The commissioner of health shall make available stabilization grants to each open
and operating school-based health center, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 145.903,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b). Stabilization grants must be up to $50,000 per school-based
health center in fiscal year 2026 and up to $50,000 per school-based health center in fiscal
year 2027. A school-based health center receiving a stabilization grant must use the grant
funds to engage in one or more of the following:
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(1) expanding the provision of health services and mental health services via telehealth;
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(2) providing health services via home visits and community-based care to students
unable to safely attend school;
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(3) strengthening care coordination among schools, families, and community health care
providers, including by expanding the provision of translation and interpretation services;
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(4) upgrading electronic health record systems and patient access systems to streamline
communications between patients and providers;
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(5) providing trauma recovery services, grief counseling, and other nonclinical mental
health supports to, and operating support groups with, students and school staff;
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(6) providing services to uninsured and underinsured students; and
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(7) in agreement with the host school, providing services to area children who are not
enrolled in the school but who have barriers to accessing health care.
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(b) School-based health centers that receive a stabilization grant under this section must
comply with the reporting requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 145.903, subdivision
2, paragraph (d), regarding uses of grant funds and performance measures.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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(a) $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of health for stabilization grants to school-based
health centers. This is a onetime appropriation. Of these appropriations:
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(1) $2,300,000 each year is for school-based health center stabilization grants;
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(2) $150,000 each year is for a grant to the nonprofit organization identified in Minnesota
Statutes, section 145.903, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), for the provision of technical
assistance statewide to school-based health centers; and
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(3) $250,000 each year is for administration.
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(b) The general fund base for the school-based health centers program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 145.903, is increased by $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2028 and $2,700,000 in
fiscal year 2029.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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