HF 297

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; restoring senior nutrition
funding; providing senior nutrition grants to serve
certain populations; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin SENIOR NUTRITION FUNDING.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Increase in base funding. new text end

new text begin $822,000 is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human
services for the biennium ending June 30, 2007, to restore
funding for senior nutrition programs under Minnesota Statutes,
section 256.9752. This funding shall become part of the base
funding for senior nutrition programs for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2007.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Targeted grants. new text end

new text begin $200,000 is appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of human services for the
biennium ending June 30, 2007, to be used to provide two-year
grants to senior nutrition programs to fund innovative methods
of delivering services to: (1) persons facing language or
cultural barriers in accessing services; (2) persons with
special diets; (3) persons living in isolated rural areas; and
(4) other hard-to-serve populations. Grants may be renewed for
additional two-year periods, if the commissioner of human
services determines that a grant recipient has significantly
increased access to services for a hard-to-serve population.
This funding shall become part of the base funding for senior
nutrition programs for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007.
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