Minnesota Legislature
HF 25
2nd Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/13/2025 06:41pm
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A bill for an act
relating to health; establishing a program to provide grants to women's pregnancy
centers and maternity homes; reducing appropriations; appropriating money;
amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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This act shall be known as the "Supporting Women Act."
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Sec. 2.
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[145.909] GRANT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN'S PREGNANCY CENTERS
AND MATERNITY HOMES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
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(c) "Maternity home" means a community-based, supervised group housing setting that
provides housing, information, referrals, and support to:
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(1) women who:
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(i) are pregnant or recently gave birth; and
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(ii) are in crisis, are homeless, or are at risk of homelessness; and
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(2) the children of women who meet the criteria in clause (1).
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(d) "Women's pregnancy center" means an organization that provides information,
referrals, and support to encourage and assist pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies
to term and in caring for their children after birth.
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new text begin Grant program established. new text end
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The commissioner shall administer a program
to provide grants to maternity homes and women's pregnancy centers to fund housing,
services, and assistance to help pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies to term and
in caring for their children after birth.
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new text begin Eligibility for grants. new text end
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(a) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a women's
pregnancy center or maternity home must:
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(1) be a nonprofit organization;
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(2) offer programs and services, or referrals for programs and services, to pregnant
women and women who recently gave birth to support, encourage, and assist them in carrying
their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children after birth;
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(3) provide programs or services free of charge or at reduced cost, except that any housing
provided must be provided free of charge; and
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(4) not use any grant funds to:
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(i) encourage or counsel women to have an abortion that is not necessary to prevent the
woman's death;
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(ii) provide abortions; or
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(iii) directly refer women to an abortion provider for an abortion.
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(b) An organization is not eligible for a grant under this section if the organization:
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(1) provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers women to an abortion
provider for an abortion; or
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(2) is an affiliate of an organization that engages in any of the acts in clause (1), unless
the two organizations are separately incorporated and independent of each other.
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(a) A women's pregnancy center receiving a grant under
this section must use the grant funds for programs and services to support, encourage, and
assist pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children
after birth.
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(b) A maternity home receiving a grant under this section must use the grant funds for
housing, supervision, and programs and services to support, encourage, and assist pregnant
women in carrying their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children after birth.
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(c) A women's pregnancy center or maternity home may provide programs and services
directly or may refer women to other organizations for programs and services. Programs
and services to support, encourage, and assist pregnant women and women who recently
gave birth may address medical care, information about the developmental characteristics
of babies and unborn children, nutrition services, mental health care and treatment, substance
use disorder treatment, housing assistance, adoption services, education and employment
assistance, financial literacy, communication skills, child care assistance, and parenting
education and support services.
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a women's
pregnancy center or maternity home receiving a grant under this section must have a privacy
policy and procedures in place to ensure that the following information is not made public
or shared with any other agency or organization without the woman's written consent:
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(1) the woman's name, address, or telephone number, or other information that might
identify a woman seeking or receiving services from the women's pregnancy center or
maternity home; or
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(2) communications between the women's pregnancy center or maternity home and a
woman seeking or receiving services from the women's pregnancy center or maternity home.
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(b) For purposes of any medical care provided by the women's pregnancy center or
maternity home, including but not limited to pregnancy tests or ultrasonic scanning, the
women's pregnancy center or maternity home must comply with the requirements in sections
144.291 to 144.298 that apply to providers before releasing any information relating to the
medical care provided.
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(c) A women's pregnancy center or maternity home receiving a grant under this section
must provide the commissioner with information requested by the commissioner for purposes
of subdivision 6.
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(a) The commissioner must:
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(1) collect from grant recipients information necessary to evaluate and administer the
grant program; and
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(2) monitor and review each grant recipient's program to ensure compliance with this
section.
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(b) Any data on individuals receiving services from a women's pregnancy center or
maternity home that are collected by the commissioner under paragraph (a) are classified
as private data on individuals, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12.
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Sec. 3.
Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
2024, chapter 127, article 67, section 14, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.Health Improvement
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| Appropriations by Fund |
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| General |
229,600,000 |
210,030,000 |
| State Government Special Revenue |
12,392,000 |
12,682,000 |
| Health Care Access |
49,051,000 |
53,290,000 |
| Federal TANF |
11,713,000 |
11,713,000 |
(a) Studies of telehealth expansion and
payment parity. $1,200,000 in fiscal year
2024 is from the general fund for studies of
telehealth expansion and payment parity. This
is a onetime appropriation and is available
until June 30, 2025.
(b) Advancing equity through capacity
building and resource allocation grant
program. $916,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$916,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.9821. This is a onetime
appropriation.
(c) Grant to Minnesota Community Health
Worker Alliance. $971,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $971,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for Minnesota Statutes,
section 144.1462.
(d) Community solutions for healthy child
development grants. $2,730,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $2,730,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9257. The
base for this appropriation is $2,415,000 in
fiscal year 2026 and $2,415,000 in fiscal year
2027.
(e) Comprehensive Overdose and Morbidity
Prevention Act. $9,794,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $10,458,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for comprehensive
overdose and morbidity prevention strategies
under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.0528.
The base for this appropriation is $10,476,000
in fiscal year 2026 and $10,476,000 in fiscal
year 2027.
(f) Emergency preparedness and response.
$10,486,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$14,314,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for public health emergency
preparedness and response, the sustainability
of the strategic stockpile, and COVID-19
pandemic response transition. The base for
this appropriation is $11,438,000 in fiscal year
2026 and $11,362,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(g) Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Families.
(1) $8,440,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$7,305,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for grants under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 145.9571 to 145.9576. The
base for this appropriation is $1,500,000 in
fiscal year 2026 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year
2027. (2) Of the amount in clause (1),
$400,000 in fiscal year 2024 is to support the
transition from implementation of activities
under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.4235,
to implementation of activities under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 145.9571 to
145.9576. The commissioner shall award four
sole-source grants of $100,000 each to Face
to Face, Cradle of Hope, Division of Indian
Work, and Minnesota Prison Doula Project.
The amount in this clause is a onetime
appropriation.
(h) Help Me Connect. $463,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $921,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for the Help Me
Connect program under Minnesota Statutes,
section 145.988.
(i) Home visiting. $2,000,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for home visiting under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.87, to provide
home visiting to priority populations under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.87,
subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
(j) No Surprises Act enforcement.
$1,210,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,090,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for implementation of the federal No Surprises
Act under Minnesota Statutes, section
62Q.021, and an assessment of the feasibility
of a statewide provider directory. The general
fund base for this appropriation is $855,000
in fiscal year 2026 and $855,000 in fiscal year
2027.
(k) Office of African American Health.
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for grants under the authority of the Office of
African American Health under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.0756.
(l) Office of American Indian Health.
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for grants under the authority of the Office of
American Indian Health under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.0757.
(m) Public health system transformation
grants. (1) $9,844,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$9,844,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 145A.131, subdivision 1,
paragraph (f).
(2) $535,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $535,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
145A.14, subdivision 2b.
(3) $321,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $321,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
144.0759.
(n) Health care workforce. (1) $1,010,000
in fiscal year 2024 and $2,550,000 in fiscal
year 2025 are from the health care access fund
for rural training tracks and rural clinicals
grants under Minnesota Statutes, sections
144.1505 and 144.1507. The base for this
appropriation is $4,060,000 in fiscal year 2026
and $3,600,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(2) $420,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $420,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the health care
access fund for immigrant international
medical graduate training grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1911.
(3) $5,654,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$5,550,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
health care access fund for site-based clinical
training grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 144.1508. The base for this
appropriation is $4,657,000 in fiscal year 2026
and $3,451,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(4) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
health care access fund for mental health for
health care professional grants. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until
June 30, 2027.
(5) $502,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $502,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the health care
access fund for workforce research and data
analysis of shortages, maldistribution of health
care providers in Minnesota, and the factors
that influence decisions of health care
providers to practice in rural areas of
Minnesota.
(o) School health. $800,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $1,300,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.903. The base
for this appropriation is $2,300,000 in fiscal
year 2026 and $2,300,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(p) Long COVID. $3,146,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $3,146,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund for grants and to
implement Minnesota Statutes, section
145.361.
(q) Workplace safety grants. $4,400,000 in
fiscal year 2024 is from the general fund for
grants to health care entities to improve
employee safety or security. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30,
2027. The commissioner may use up to ten
percent of this appropriation for
administration.
(r) Clinical dental education innovation
grants. $1,122,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$1,122,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for clinical dental education
innovation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 144.1913.
(s) Emmett Louis Till Victims Recovery
Program. $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 is from
the general fund for a grant to the Emmett
Louis Till Victims Recovery Program. The
commissioner must not use any of this
appropriation for administration. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until
June 30, 2025.
(t) Center for health care affordability.
$2,752,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,989,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
to establish a center for health care
affordability and to implement Minnesota
Statutes, section 62J.312. The general fund
base for this appropriation is $3,988,000 in
fiscal year 2026 and $3,988,000 in fiscal year
2027.
(u) Federally qualified health centers
apprenticeship program. $690,000 in fiscal
year 2024 and $690,000 in fiscal year 2025
are from the general fund for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9272.
(v) Alzheimer's public information
program. $80,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$80,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for grants to community-based
organizations to co-create culturally specific
messages to targeted communities and to
promote public awareness materials online
through diverse media channels.
(w) Nurse and Patient Safety Act. The
appropriations in this paragraph are available
until June 30, 2027.
(1) $5,317,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$5,317,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for loan forgiveness under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501, for
eligible nurses who have agreed to work as
hospital nurses in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.1501, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a), clause (7).
(2) $66,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $66,000
in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
for loan forgiveness under Minnesota Statutes,
section 144.1501, for eligible nurses who have
agreed to teach in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.1501, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a), clause (3).
(x) Supporting healthy development of
babies. $260,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$260,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for a grant to the Amherst H.
Wilder Foundation for the African American
Babies Coalition initiative. The base for this
appropriation is $520,000 in fiscal year 2026
and $0 in fiscal year 2027. Any appropriation
in fiscal year 2026 is available until June 30,
2027. This paragraph expires on June 30,
2027.
(y) Health professional education loan
forgiveness. $2,780,000 in fiscal year 2024
is from the general fund for eligible mental
health professional loan forgiveness under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501. This is
a onetime appropriation. The commissioner
may use up to ten percent of this appropriation
for administration.
(z) Primary care residency expansion grant
program. $400,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$400,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for a psychiatry resident under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1506.
(aa) Pediatric primary care mental health
training grant program. $1,000,000 in fiscal
year 2024 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025
are from the general fund for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1509. The
commissioner may use up to ten percent of
this appropriation for administration.
(bb) Mental health cultural community
continuing education grant program.
$500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
144.1511. The commissioner may use up to
ten percent of this appropriation for
administration.
(cc) Labor trafficking services grant
program. $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.3885.
(dd) Palliative Care Advisory Council.
$44,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $44,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.059.
(ee) Analysis of a universal health care
financing system. $1,815,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $580,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
from the general fund to the commissioner to
contract for an analysis of the benefits and
costs of a legislative proposal for a universal
health care financing system and a similar
analysis of the current health care financing
system. The base for this appropriation is
$580,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $0 in fiscal
year 2027. This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2027.
(ff) Charitable assets public interest review.
(1) The appropriations under this paragraph
are contingent upon legislative enactment of
2023 House File 402 by the 93rd Legislature.
(2) $1,584,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$769,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund to review certain health care
entity transactions; to conduct analyses of the
impacts of health care transactions on health
care cost, quality, and competition; and to
issue public reports on health care transactions
in Minnesota and their impacts. The base for
this appropriation is $710,000 in fiscal year
2026 and $710,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(gg) Study of the development of a statewide
registry for provider orders for
life-sustaining treatment. $225,000 in fiscal
year 2024 is from the general fund for a study
of the development of a statewide registry for
provider orders for life-sustaining treatment.
This is a onetime appropriation.
(hh) Task Force on Pregnancy Health and
Substance Use Disorders. $199,000 in fiscal
year 2024 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2025
are from the general fund for the Task Force
on Pregnancy Health and Substance Use
Disorders. This is a onetime appropriation and
is available until June 30, 2025.
(ii) 988 Suicide and crisis lifeline. $4,000,000
in fiscal year 2024 is from the general fund
for 988 national suicide prevention lifeline
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
145.561. This is a onetime appropriation.
(jj) Equitable Health Care Task Force.
$779,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $749,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
the Equitable Health Care Task Force. This is
a onetime appropriation.
(kk) Psychedelic Medicine Task Force.
$338,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $171,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
the Psychedelic Medicine Task Force. This is
a onetime appropriation.
(ll) Medical education and research costs.
$300,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $300,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
the medical education and research costs
program under Minnesota Statutes, section
62J.692.
(mm) Special Guerilla Unit Veterans grant
program. $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
general fund for a grant to the Special
Guerrilla Units Veterans and Families of the
United States of America to offer
programming and culturally specific and
specialized assistance to support the health
and well-being of Special Guerilla Unit
Veterans. The base for this appropriation is
$500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $0 in fiscal
year 2027. Any amount appropriated in fiscal
year 2026 is available until June 30, 2027.
This paragraph expires June 30, 2027.
(nn) Safe harbor regional navigator.
$300,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $300,000 in
fiscal year 2025 are for a regional navigator
in northwestern Minnesota. The commissioner
may use up to ten percent of this appropriation
for administration.
(oo) Network adequacy. $798,000 in fiscal
year 2024 and $491,000 in fiscal year 2025
are from the general fund for reviews of
provider networks under Minnesota Statutes,
section 62K.10, to determine network
adequacy.
(pp) Grant to Minnesota Alliance for
Volunteer Advancement. $278,000 in fiscal
year 2024 is from the general fund for a grant
to the Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer
Advancement to administer needs-based
volunteerism subgrants targeting
underresourced nonprofit organizations in
greater Minnesota. Subgrants must be used to
support the ongoing efforts of selected
organizations to address and minimize
disparities in access to human services through
increased volunteerism. Subgrant applicants
must demonstrate that the populations to be
served by the subgrantee are underserved or
suffer from or are at risk of homelessness,
hunger, poverty, lack of access to health care,
or deficits in education. The Minnesota
Alliance for Volunteer Advancement must
give priority to organizations that are serving
the needs of vulnerable populations. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until
June 30, 2025.
(qq) (1) TANF Appropriations. TANF funds
must be used as follows:
(i) $3,579,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$3,579,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
TANF fund for home visiting and nutritional
services listed under Minnesota Statutes,
section 145.882, subdivision 7, clauses (6) and
(7). Funds must be distributed to community
health boards according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 145A.131, subdivision 1;
(ii) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
TANF fund for decreasing racial and ethnic
disparities in infant mortality rates under
Minnesota Statutes, section 145.928,
subdivision 7;
(iii) $4,978,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$4,978,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
TANF fund for the family home visiting grant
program under Minnesota Statutes, section
145A.17. $4,000,000 of the funding in fiscal
year 2024 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025
must be distributed to community health
boards under Minnesota Statutes, section
145A.131, subdivision 1. $978,000 of the
funding in fiscal year 2024 and $978,000 in
fiscal year 2025 must be distributed to Tribal
governments under Minnesota Statutes, section
145A.14, subdivision 2a;
(iv) $1,156,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
$1,156,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
TANF fund for sexual and reproductive health
services grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 145.925; and
(v) the commissioner may use up to 6.23
percent of the funds appropriated from the
TANF fund each fiscal year to conduct the
ongoing evaluations required under Minnesota
Statutes, section 145A.17, subdivision 7, and
training and technical assistance as required
under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17,
subdivisions 4 and 5.
(2) TANF Carryforward. Any unexpended
balance of the TANF appropriation in the first
year does not cancel but is available in the
second year.
(rr) Base level adjustments. The general fund
base is deleted text begin $197,644,000deleted text end new text begin $193,644,000new text end in fiscal
year 2026 and deleted text begin $195,714,000deleted text end new text begin $191,714,000new text end in
fiscal year 2027. The health care access fund
base is $53,354,000 in fiscal year 2026 and
$50,962,000 in fiscal year 2027.
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$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of health for a grant program for women's pregnancy
centers and maternity homes under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.909. Of these
appropriations:
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(1) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are for grants to
women's pregnancy centers and administration of those grants; and
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(2) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are for grants to
maternity homes and administration of those grants.
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