as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to human services; crisis nurseries; 1.3 establishing a program to provide technical assistance 1.4 to counties in developing crisis nursery programs; 1.5 appropriating money. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [SPECIAL GRANT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP CRISIS 1.8 NURSERY PROGRAMS.] 1.9 $200,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 1998 from the 1.10 general fund to the commissioner of human services for a special 1.11 grant program to provide technical assistance to counties that 1.12 are interested in developing a crisis nursery program. The 1.13 technical assistance must be designed to assist interested 1.14 counties in building capacity to develop and maintain a crisis 1.15 nursery program in the county. To be eligible to receive a 1.16 grant under this program, the county must not have an existing 1.17 crisis nursery program and must not be a metropolitan county, as 1.18 that term is defined in Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.121.