Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF1074

Modifying certain provisions providing services for the detection, prevention
and treatment of sexually transmitted infections; including research in the
services requirements; requiring the commissioner of health to adopt rules to
provide funds to local boards of health, state agencies and councils and
nonprofit corporations offering the services; authorizing commissioner grants to
the agencies for services to the most vulnerable populations; expanding the
purpose of the Minnesota education now and babies later (MN ENABL) program to
the reduction of sexually transmitted infections; requiring the commissioner of
human services in consultation with the commissioner of health to award grants
to state agencies and councils, nonprofit corporations and chemical dependency
programs to demonstrate innovative strategies to prevent transmission of the
human immunodeficiency virus through substance abuse; providing medical
assistance (MA) coverage for certain HIV disease case management services,
specifying eligibility and provider qualifications and standards; requiring the
commissioner of health to report to the legislature by a certain date on program
results; appropriating money to the commissioner for prevention and treatment of
sexually transmitted infections and for HIV and substance abuse prevention and
HIV case management grants (rla)