1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for mental health treatment for 
1.3 	communities of color.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR 
1.6 	COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
 1.7 	$4,200,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of human services for the commissioner to award grants to eligible applicants for projects 
1.9 	directed at providing mental health treatment for communities of color. The grant recipients 
1.10 	shall utilize evidence-based intergenerational models of healing to create new strategies to 
1.11 	effectively serve low-income communities of color. This is a onetime appropriation and the 
1.12 	funds are available until expended.