1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; authorizing the commissioner of human services to award 
1.3 	a grant to a nonprofit organization that serves the Somali community for outreach, 
1.4 	training, and distribution of naloxone kits; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. GRANT FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE OUTREACH, TRAINING, 
1.7 	AND DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE KITS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the 
1.9 	general fund to the commissioner of human services to award a grant to a nonprofit 
1.10 	organization that serves the Somali community with locations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and 
1.11 	Moorhead for the purpose of providing culturally appropriate outreach, training, and 
1.12 	distribution of naloxone kits on a statewide basis. The grantee may use grant money to focus 
1.13 	on expanding naloxone distribution through strategic partnerships with counties that have 
1.14 	high immigrant, minority, and low-income populations.