HF 3096

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/23/2023 01:31pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; appropriating money to develop a White Earth
Nation-specific digital therapy tool for substance use disorder services.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; WHITE EARTH NATION SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER DIGITAL THERAPY TOOL.
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new text begin $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of human services for a grant to the White Earth Nation to develop an individualized
Native-American-centric digital therapy tool with Pathfinder Solutions in order to decrease
substance use and overdose deaths. Grant funds must be used to:
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new text begin (1) develop a mobile app that is culturally tailored to connecting substance use disorder
resources with White Earth Nation members;
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new text begin (2) convene a planning circle with White Earth Nation members to design the tool;
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new text begin (3) provide and expand White Earth Nation-specific substance use disorder services;
and
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new text begin (4) partner with an appropriate academic research institution to evaluate the efficacy of
the program.
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