1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; establishing grants for an AIDS
1.3 	prevention initiative focusing on African-born
1.4 	Minnesotans; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON
1.7 	AFRICAN-BORN RESIDENTS.
 1.8 	The commissioner of health shall award grants in accordance
1.9 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 145.924, paragraph (b), for a
1.10 	public education and awareness campaign targeting communities of
1.11 	African-born Minnesota residents.  The grants shall be designed
1.12 	to promote knowledge and understanding about HIV and to increase
1.13 	knowledge in order to eliminate and reduce the risk for HIV
1.14 	infection; to encourage screening and testing for HIV; and to
1.15 	link individuals to public health and health care resources.
1.16 	The grants must be awarded to collaborative efforts that bring
1.17 	together nonprofit community-based groups with demonstrated
1.18 	experience in addressing the public health, health care, and
1.19 	social service needs of African-born communities.

1.20 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.21 	$300,000 is appropriated for fiscal year 2006 from the
1.22 	general fund to the commissioner of health for the purpose of
1.23 	section 1.  This appropriation is a onetime appropriation and
1.24 	shall not become part of the base-level funding for the
1.25 	2006-2007 biennium.