SF 1457

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; removing the repeal of 
  1.3             the lengthened school year; requiring state 
  1.4             departments and agencies to enact violence prevention 
  1.5             plans and prepare impact statements; expanding the 
  1.6             home health visiting program; establishing a grant 
  1.7             program to develop parenting curriculum; broadening 
  1.8             the scope of parental leave for school conferences and 
  1.9             activities; requiring violence prevention training for 
  1.10            physicians and nurses; requiring health care coverage 
  1.11            for abuse counseling; forbidding lottery revenues from 
  1.12            being used for advertising; establishing pilot project 
  1.13            neighborhood centers for youth; establishing a 
  1.14            statewide computerized record system on persons 
  1.15            granted a permit to purchase or carry a pistol or 
  1.16            semiautomatic military-style assault weapon and on 
  1.17            transfers of these firearms; permitting the 
  1.18            information to be used for law enforcement purposes 
  1.19            only; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.20            1994, sections 13.99, by adding a subdivision; 15.86, 
  1.21            by adding a subdivision; 62A.152, subdivision 2; 
  1.22            62D.102; 145A.15; 181.9412; 214.12, by adding a 
  1.23            subdivision; and 349A.10, subdivision 3; Laws 1993, 
  1.24            chapter 224, article 12, section 32; proposing coding 
  1.25            for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299A; and 
  1.26            624. 
  1.27  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.28     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 13.99, is 
  1.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.30     Subd. 110a.  [PISTOL TRANSFEREE AND CARRY PERMITS; TRANSFER 
  1.31  REPORTS.] Data maintained by the bureau of criminal apprehension 
  1.32  on pistol and semiautomatic military-style assault weapon 
  1.33  transfer reports, transferee permits, and permits to carry a 
  1.34  pistol are classified under section 624.7152, subdivision 3. 
  1.35     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15.86, is amended 
  1.36  by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.1      Subd. 3a.  [VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLANS AND IMPACT STATEMENTS 
  2.2   REQUIRED.] The commissioners of corrections, education, finance, 
  2.3   health, housing, human rights, human services, economic 
  2.4   security, public safety, and transportation shall develop 
  2.5   violence prevention plans to be implemented within their 
  2.6   respective departments or agencies and targeted at persons or 
  2.7   entities whom the agency or department serves or regulates.  
  2.8   Each plan shall include identifiable goals, a time frame for 
  2.9   achieving the goals, and criteria for judging whether the goals 
  2.10  have been met.  Each commissioner shall evaluate to what extent 
  2.11  the department or agency is seeking to enact policies designed 
  2.12  to prevent violence, what percentage of its budget is being 
  2.13  dedicated to such policies, and how to increase its violence 
  2.14  prevention efforts.  Each commissioner shall annually forward to 
  2.15  the chairs of the senate crime prevention and house judiciary 
  2.16  committees a violence prevention impact statement detailing the 
  2.17  status of the department's or agency's violence prevention plan, 
  2.18  the impact of its policies relating to violence prevention, the 
  2.19  percentage of its budget spent on these policies, and proposed 
  2.20  ways to increase its violence prevention efforts. 
  2.21     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 62A.152, 
  2.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.23     Subd. 2.  [MINIMUM BENEFITS.] (a) All group policies and 
  2.24  all group subscriber contracts providing benefits for mental or 
  2.25  nervous disorder treatments in a hospital shall also provide 
  2.26  coverage on the same basis as coverage for other benefits for at 
  2.27  least 80 percent of the cost of the usual and customary charges 
  2.28  of the first ten hours of treatment incurred over a 12-month 
  2.29  benefit period, for mental or nervous disorder consultation, 
  2.30  diagnosis and treatment services delivered while the insured 
  2.31  person is not a bed patient in a hospital, and at least 75 
  2.32  percent of the cost of the usual and customary charges for any 
  2.33  additional hours of treatment during the same 12-month benefit 
  2.34  period for serious or persistent mental or nervous disorders, if 
  2.35  the services are furnished by (1) a licensed or accredited 
  2.36  hospital, (2) a community mental health center or mental health 
  3.1   clinic approved or licensed by the commissioner of human 
  3.2   services or other authorized state agency, or (3) a mental 
  3.3   health professional, as defined in sections 245.462, subdivision 
  3.4   18, clauses (1) to (5); and 245.4871, subdivision 27, clauses 
  3.5   (1) to (5).  Prior authorization from an accident and health 
  3.6   insurance company, or a nonprofit health service corporation, 
  3.7   shall be required for an extension of coverage beyond ten hours 
  3.8   of treatment.  This prior authorization must be based upon the 
  3.9   severity of the disorder, the patient's risk of deterioration 
  3.10  without ongoing treatment and maintenance, degree of functional 
  3.11  impairment, and a concise treatment plan.  Authorization for 
  3.12  extended treatment may be limited to a maximum of 30 visit hours 
  3.13  during any 12-month benefit period. 
  3.14     (b) For purposes of this section, covered treatment for a 
  3.15  minor includes treatment for the family if family therapy is 
  3.16  recommended by a provider listed in paragraph (a).  For purposes 
  3.17  of determining benefits under this section, "hours of treatment" 
  3.18  means treatment rendered on an individual or single-family 
  3.19  basis.  If treatment is rendered on a group basis, the hours of 
  3.20  covered group treatment must be provided at a ratio of no less 
  3.21  than two group treatment sessions to one individual treatment 
  3.22  hour.  
  3.23     (c) For purposes of this section, covered treatment 
  3.24  includes family and individual counseling for, and diagnosis of, 
  3.25  sexual, physical, and domestic abuse. 
  3.26     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 62D.102, is 
  3.27  amended to read: 
  3.28     62D.102 [MINIMUM BENEFITS.] 
  3.29     (a) In addition to minimum requirements established in 
  3.30  other sections, all group health maintenance contracts providing 
  3.31  benefits for mental or nervous disorder treatments in a hospital 
  3.32  shall also provide coverage for at least ten hours of treatment 
  3.33  over a 12-month period with a copayment not to exceed the 
  3.34  greater of $10 or 20 percent of the applicable usual and 
  3.35  customary charge for mental or nervous disorder consultation, 
  3.36  diagnosis and treatment services delivered while the enrollee is 
  4.1   not a bed patient in a hospital and at least 75 percent of the 
  4.2   cost of the usual and customary charges for any additional hours 
  4.3   of ambulatory mental health treatment during the same 12-month 
  4.4   benefit period for serious or persistent mental or nervous 
  4.5   disorders.  Prior authorization may be required for an extension 
  4.6   of coverage beyond ten hours of treatment.  This prior 
  4.7   authorization must be based upon the severity of the disorder, 
  4.8   the patient's risk of deterioration without ongoing treatment 
  4.9   and maintenance, degree of functional impairment, and a concise 
  4.10  treatment plan.  Authorization for extended treatment may be 
  4.11  limited to a maximum of 30 visit hours during any 12-month 
  4.12  benefit period. 
  4.13     (b) For purposes of this section, covered treatment for a 
  4.14  minor includes treatment for the family if family therapy is 
  4.15  recommended by a health maintenance organization provider.  For 
  4.16  purposes of determining benefits under this section, "hours of 
  4.17  treatment" means treatment rendered on an individual or 
  4.18  single-family basis.  If treatment is rendered on a group basis, 
  4.19  the hours of covered group treatment must be provided at a ratio 
  4.20  of no less than two group treatment sessions to one individual 
  4.21  treatment hour.  For a health maintenance contract that is 
  4.22  offered as a companion to a health insurance subscriber 
  4.23  contract, the benefits for mental or nervous disorders must be 
  4.24  calculated in aggregate for the health maintenance contract and 
  4.25  the health insurance subscriber contract. 
  4.26     (c) For purposes of this section, covered treatment 
  4.27  includes family and individual counseling for, and diagnosis of, 
  4.28  sexual, physical, and domestic abuse. 
  4.29     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 145A.15, is 
  4.30  amended to read: 
  4.31     145A.15 [HOME VISITING PROGRAM.] 
  4.32     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner of health 
  4.33  shall establish a expand the current grant program designed 
  4.34  to prevent reduce juvenile delinquency and crime by preventing 
  4.35  child abuse and neglect and promoting positive parenting by 
  4.36  providing early intervention services for families at risk of 
  5.1   child abuse and neglect.  The grant program shall provide early 
  5.2   intervention services for families at risk of child abuse and 
  5.3   neglect and will include: 
  5.4      (1) expansion of current public health nurse and family 
  5.5   aide home visiting programs which prevent child abuse and 
  5.6   neglect; 
  5.7      (2) early intervention to promote a healthy and nurturing 
  5.8   beginning; 
  5.9      (3) distribution of educational and public information 
  5.10  programs and materials in hospital maternity divisions, 
  5.11  well-baby clinics, obstetrical clinics, and community clinics; 
  5.12  and 
  5.13     (3) (4) training of home visitors in skills necessary for 
  5.14  comprehensive home visiting which promotes a healthy and 
  5.15  nurturing beginning for the child. 
  5.16     Subd. 2.  [GRANT RECIPIENTS.] The commissioner is 
  5.17  authorized to award grants to programs that meet the 
  5.18  requirements of subdivision 3 and that are targeted to include a 
  5.19  strong prevention focus for at-risk families.  Families 
  5.20  considered to be at-risk for child abuse and neglect include, 
  5.21  but are not limited to, families with: 
  5.22     (1) adolescent parents; 
  5.23     (2) a history of alcohol and other drug abuse; 
  5.24     (3) a history of child abuse, domestic abuse, or other 
  5.25  dysfunction in the family of origin; 
  5.26     (4) a history of domestic abuse, rape, or other forms of 
  5.27  victimization; 
  5.28     (5) reduced cognitive functioning; 
  5.29     (6) a lack of knowledge of child growth and development 
  5.30  stages; or 
  5.31     (7) (6) difficulty dealing with stress, including stress 
  5.32  caused by discrimination, mental illness, a high incidence of 
  5.33  crime or poverty in the neighborhood, unemployment, divorce, and 
  5.34  lack of basic needs, often found in conjunction with a pattern 
  5.35  of family isolation. 
  5.36     Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.] (a) The commissioner 
  6.1   shall award grants, using a request for proposal system, to 
  6.2   programs designed to: 
  6.3      (1) develop a risk assessment tool and offer direct contact 
  6.4   families at the birth of the child through a public health nurse 
  6.5   or trained program representative who will meet the family, 
  6.6   provide information, describe the benefits of the program, and 
  6.7   offer a home visit to the family to occur during the first week 
  6.8   of the newborn's life in the home setting; 
  6.9      (2) visit the family and newborn in the home setting at 
  6.10  which time the public health nurse or trained individual will 
  6.11  answer parents' questions, give information, and make referrals 
  6.12  to any other appropriate services; 
  6.13     (3) conduct a screening process to determine if families 
  6.14  need additional support or are at risk for child abuse and 
  6.15  neglect and provide additional home visiting services to at-risk 
  6.16  families including, but not limited to, education on:  parenting 
  6.17  skills, child development and stages of growth, communication 
  6.18  skills, stress management, problem-solving skills, positive 
  6.19  child discipline practices, methods to improve parent-child 
  6.20  interactions and enhance self-esteem, community support services 
  6.21  and other resources, and how to enjoy and have fun with your 
  6.22  children; 
  6.23     (2) (4) establish clear objectives and protocols for the 
  6.24  home visits; 
  6.25     (3) (5) determine the frequency and duration of home visits 
  6.26  based on a risk-need assessment of the client; except that home 
  6.27  visits shall begin in the second trimester of pregnancy and 
  6.28  continue based on the need of the client until the child reaches 
  6.29  age six; 
  6.30     (4) develop and distribute educational resource materials 
  6.31  and offer presentations on the prevention of child abuse and 
  6.32  neglect for use in hospital maternity divisions, well-baby 
  6.33  clinics, obstetrical clinics, and community clinics; and 
  6.34     (5) (6) refer and actively assist the family in accessing 
  6.35  new parent and family education, self-help and support services 
  6.36  available in the community; and 
  7.1      (7) coordinate with other local home visitation programs, 
  7.2   particularly those offered by school boards under section 
  7.3   121.882, subdivision 2b, so as to avoid duplication. 
  7.4      (b) Programs must provide at least 40 hours of training for 
  7.5   public health nurses, family aides, and other home visitors.  
  7.6   Training must include information on the following: 
  7.7      (1) the dynamics of child abuse and neglect, domestic 
  7.8   violence, and victimization within family systems; 
  7.9      (2) signs of abuse or other indications that a child may be 
  7.10  at risk of abuse or neglect; 
  7.11     (3) what is child abuse and neglect; 
  7.12     (4) how to properly report cases of child abuse and 
  7.13  neglect; 
  7.14     (5) respect for cultural preferences in child rearing; 
  7.15     (6) community resources, social service agencies, and 
  7.16  family support activities or programs; 
  7.17     (7) child development and growth; 
  7.18     (8) parenting skills; 
  7.19     (9) positive child discipline practices; 
  7.20     (10) identification of stress factors and stress reduction 
  7.21  techniques; 
  7.22     (11) home visiting techniques; and 
  7.23     (12) risk assessment measures; and 
  7.24     (13) caring for the special needs of newborns and mothers 
  7.25  before and after the birth of the infant. 
  7.26     Program services must be community-based, accessible, and 
  7.27  culturally relevant and must be designed to foster collaboration 
  7.28  among existing agencies and community-based organizations. 
  7.29     Subd. 4.  [EVALUATION.] Each program that receives a grant 
  7.30  under this section must include a plan for program evaluation 
  7.31  designed to measure the effectiveness of the program in 
  7.32  preventing child abuse and neglect.  On January 1, 1994, and 
  7.33  annually thereafter, the commissioner of health shall submit a 
  7.34  report to the legislature on all activities initiated in the 
  7.35  prior biennium under this section.  The report shall include 
  7.36  information on the outcomes reported by all programs that 
  8.1   received grant funds under this section in that biennium. 
  8.2      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 181.9412, is 
  8.3   amended to read: 
  8.4      181.9412 [SCHOOL CONFERENCE AND ACTIVITIES LEAVE.] 
  8.5      (a) An employer must grant an employee leave of up to a 
  8.6   total of 16 hours during any 12-month period to attend school 
  8.7   conferences or classroom school-related activities related to 
  8.8   the employee's child, provided the conferences or classroom 
  8.9   school-related activities cannot be scheduled during nonwork 
  8.10  hours.  If the employee's child receives child care services as 
  8.11  defined in section 256H.01, subdivision 2, or attends a 
  8.12  prekindergarten regular or special education program, the 
  8.13  employee may use the leave time provided in this section to 
  8.14  attend a conference or activity related to the employee's child, 
  8.15  or to observe and monitor the services or program, provided the 
  8.16  conference, activity, or observation cannot be scheduled during 
  8.17  nonwork hours.  When the leave cannot be scheduled during 
  8.18  nonwork hours and the need for the leave is foreseeable, the 
  8.19  employee must provide reasonable prior notice of the leave and 
  8.20  make a reasonable effort to schedule the leave so as not to 
  8.21  disrupt unduly the operations of the employer. 
  8.22     (b) Nothing in this section requires that the leave be 
  8.23  paid; except that, an employee may substitute any accrued paid 
  8.24  vacation leave or other appropriate paid leave for any part of 
  8.25  the leave under this section.  
  8.26     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 214.12, is 
  8.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  8.28     Subd. 3.  [VIOLENCE PREVENTION.] The boards of medical 
  8.29  practice and nursing shall require by rule that licensees obtain 
  8.30  instruction or continuing education in the subject of violence 
  8.31  prevention including, but not limited to, the identification of 
  8.32  child maltreatment, domestic abuse, child neglect, and sexual 
  8.33  abuse. 
  8.34     Sec. 8.  [299A.326] [YOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS; PILOT 
  8.35  PROJECTS ESTABLISHED.] 
  8.36     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; REQUIREMENTS.] The 
  9.1   commissioner of public safety shall establish up to five pilot 
  9.2   project neighborhood centers for youths between the ages of 11 
  9.3   to 21.  At least three centers must be located in the 
  9.4   seven-county metropolitan area, the other two centers must be 
  9.5   located outside the seven-county metropolitan area.  The centers 
  9.6   must offer recreational activities, social services, counseling 
  9.7   services, job skills and career services, and provide referrals 
  9.8   for youths to other available services outside the centers.  The 
  9.9   commissioner shall consult with other appropriate agencies and, 
  9.10  to the extent possible, use existing resources and staff in 
  9.11  creating the centers.  The commissioner shall ensure that the 
  9.12  centers are adequately staffed by specially trained personnel 
  9.13  and outreach street workers.  Each center must integrate 
  9.14  community volunteers into the center's activities and services 
  9.15  and cooperate with local law enforcement agencies.  The centers 
  9.16  must be open during hours convenient to youths including 
  9.17  evenings, weekends, and extended summer hours.  However, there 
  9.18  may not be any conflicts with truancy laws.  Each center must 
  9.19  have a plan for evaluation designed to measure the center's 
  9.20  effectiveness in aiding youths. 
  9.21     Subd. 2.  [ADVISORY BOARD.] The commissioner shall 
  9.22  establish an advisory board to help develop plans and programs 
  9.23  for the youth centers established in subdivision 1.  The 
  9.24  commissioner shall encourage both youths and their families to 
  9.25  participate on the board. 
  9.26     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 349A.10, 
  9.27  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  9.28     Subd. 3.  [LOTTERY OPERATIONS.] (a) The director shall 
  9.29  establish a lottery operations account in the lottery fund.  The 
  9.30  director shall pay all costs of operating the lottery, including 
  9.31  payroll costs or amounts transferred to the state treasury for 
  9.32  payroll costs, but not including lottery prizes, from the 
  9.33  lottery operating account.  The director shall credit to the 
  9.34  lottery operations account amounts sufficient to pay the 
  9.35  operating costs of the lottery. 
  9.36     (b) The director may not credit in fiscal year 1993 amounts 
 10.1   to the lottery operations account which when totaled exceed 14.5 
 10.2   percent of gross revenue to the lottery fund.  The director may 
 10.3   not credit in any fiscal year thereafter amounts to the lottery 
 10.4   operations account which when totaled exceed 15 percent of gross 
 10.5   revenue to the lottery fund in that fiscal year.  In computing 
 10.6   total amounts credited to the lottery operations account under 
 10.7   this paragraph the director shall disregard amounts transferred 
 10.8   to or retained by lottery retailers as sales commissions or 
 10.9   other compensation. 
 10.10     (c) The director of the lottery may not expend after July 
 10.11  1, 1991, more than 2-3/4 percent of August 1, 1995, any gross 
 10.12  revenues in a fiscal year for contracts for the preparation, 
 10.13  publication, and placement of advertising. 
 10.14     (d) Except as the director determines, the lottery is not 
 10.15  subject to chapter 16A relating to budgeting, payroll, and the 
 10.16  purchase of goods and services. 
 10.17     Sec. 10.  [624.7152] [STATEWIDE RECORD SYSTEM; TRANSFEREE 
 10.18  PERMITS; TRANSFER REPORTS; PERMITS TO CARRY.] 
 10.19     Subdivision 1.  [RECORD SYSTEM.] The superintendent of the 
 10.20  bureau of criminal apprehension shall maintain a statewide, 
 10.21  computerized record system containing identifying information on 
 10.22  persons who have been granted a transferee permit under section 
 10.23  624.7131 or a permit to carry a pistol under section 624.714.  
 10.24  The record system also shall contain identifying information on 
 10.25  any transferee who has been the subject of a transfer report 
 10.26  under section 624.7132.  The information included in the record 
 10.27  system shall include, but need not be limited to, the person's 
 10.28  name, address, birthdate, physical description, and the date the 
 10.29  permit expires. 
 10.30     Subd. 2.  [INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SHERIFFS AND POLICE 
 10.31  CHIEFS.] Every sheriff and police chief who grants a transferee 
 10.32  permit under section 624.7131 or a permit to carry a pistol 
 10.33  under section 624.714, or who investigates a transfer report 
 10.34  under section 624.7132 shall send a copy of the transferee 
 10.35  permit, the permit to carry, or the completed transfer report to 
 10.36  the superintendent within five days after the permit is granted 
 11.1   or the investigation is completed. 
 11.2      Subd. 3.  [USE OF INFORMATION.] Data maintained in the 
 11.3   record system established under this section are private data on 
 11.4   individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.  The 
 11.5   information may be used only for law enforcement purposes. 
 11.6      Sec. 11.  Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 12, section 32, 
 11.7   is amended to read: 
 11.8      Sec. 32.  [REPEALER.] 
 11.9      (a) Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 120.095; 120.101, 
 11.10  subdivision 5a; 120.75, subdivision 2; 120.80, subdivision 2; 
 11.11  121.11, subdivisions 6 and 13; 121.165; 121.19; 121.49; 121.883; 
 11.12  121.90; 121.901; 121.902; 121.904, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 
 11.13  11a, and 11c; 121.908, subdivision 4; 121.9121, subdivisions 3 
 11.14  and 5; 121.931, subdivisions 6, 6a, 7, and 8; 121.934; 121.936, 
 11.15  subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 121.937; 121.94; 121.941; 121.942; 
 11.16  121.943; 123.33, subdivisions 10, 14, 15, and 16; 123.35, 
 11.17  subdivision 14; 123.352; 123.36, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 4a, 6, 8, 
 11.18  9, and 12; 123.40, subdivisions 4 and 6; 123.61; 123.67; 
 11.19  123.709; 123.744; 124.615; 124.62; 124.64; 124.645; 124.67; 
 11.20  124.68; 124.69; 124.79; 125.12, subdivisions 3a and 4a; 125.17, 
 11.21  subdivisions 2a and 3a; 126.09; 126.111; 126.112; 126.20, 
 11.22  subdivision 4; 126.24; and 126.268, are repealed. 
 11.23     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 121.11, subdivision 
 11.24  15, is repealed. 
 11.25     (c) Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 120.101, subdivision 
 11.26  5b; 121.11, subdivision 16; 121.585, subdivision 3; 124.19, 
 11.27  subdivisions 1, 1b, 6, and 7; 126.02; 126.025; 126.031; 126.06; 
 11.28  126.08; 126.12, subdivision 2; 126.662; 126.663; 126.664; 
 11.29  126.665; 126.666; 126.67; 126.68; 126A.01; 126A.02; 126A.04; 
 11.30  126A.05; 126A.07; 126A.08; 126A.09; 126A.10; 126A.11; and 
 11.31  126A.12, are repealed. 
 11.32     Sec. 12.  [GRANT PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH A HIGH SCHOOL 
 11.33  PARENTING SKILLS CURRICULUM.] 
 11.34     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A grant program for fiscal 
 11.35  year 1996 is established for school districts to develop and 
 11.36  implement an elective parenting skills curriculum for students 
 12.1   in high school.  The purpose of the curriculum is to help 
 12.2   students learn about the physical, mental, emotional, and 
 12.3   educational development of children and positive parenting 
 12.4   skills. 
 12.5      Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY.] An applicant for a grant must be a 
 12.6   school district, an education district, or a group of districts 
 12.7   that cooperate for a particular purpose.  To be eligible for a 
 12.8   grant, a district or districts must provide an early childhood 
 12.9   family education program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.10  121.882, or a learning readiness program under Minnesota 
 12.11  Statutes, section 121.831. 
 12.12     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION PROCESS.] To obtain a grant to 
 12.13  develop and implement an elective parenting skills curriculum 
 12.14  for students in high school, a district or group of districts 
 12.15  must submit an application to the commissioner of education in 
 12.16  the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.  The 
 12.17  applicant must describe how the applicant will utilize its early 
 12.18  childhood family education program or its learning readiness 
 12.19  program in its parenting skills curriculum. 
 12.20     Subd. 4.  [GRANT AWARDS.] The commissioner may award up to 
 12.21  ten grants.  No grant award to any applicant may exceed $5,000.  
 12.22  If the appropriation for grants in this section is insufficient 
 12.23  to fund all the grants awarded, the commissioner shall prorate 
 12.24  the amount of the grant awards among all recipients.  Grant 
 12.25  recipients must be located throughout the state.  Recipients 
 12.26  shall use the proceeds to develop and implement an elective 
 12.27  parenting skills curriculum. 
 12.28     Sec. 13.  [GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION 
 12.29  EFFORTS.] 
 12.30     The commissioner of public safety shall provide grants to 
 12.31  community-based nonprofit public or private organizations to be 
 12.32  used in community violence prevention efforts with a preference 
 12.33  for education and training of parents, children, and communities 
 12.34  in methods for reducing conflicts and violence. 
 12.35     Sec. 14.  [ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.] 
 12.36     The commissioner of public safety is authorized to contract 
 13.1   with a Minnesota advertising firm for a prime time mass media 
 13.2   public advertising campaign designed to reduce violence and 
 13.3   counteract the effect of violence in the media.  The contracts 
 13.4   for advertising must include provisions for evaluating the 
 13.5   effectiveness of the campaign. 
 13.6      Sec. 15.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 13.7      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] The appropriations contained in 
 13.8   this section are from the general fund and are for the fiscal 
 13.9   biennium ending June 30, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.  The 
 13.10  money appropriated from the general fund represents the 2-3/4 
 13.11  percent of gross revenues from the state lottery that will no 
 13.12  longer go to advertising the lottery under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.13  section 349A.10, subdivision 3, paragraph (c). 
 13.14     Subd. 2.  [HEALTH.] $....... is appropriated to the 
 13.15  commissioner of health for the purpose of administering section 
 13.16  5. 
 13.17     Subd. 3.  [PUBLIC SAFETY.] $....... is appropriated to the 
 13.18  commissioner of public safety to implement sections 8, 13, and 
 13.19  14. 
 13.20     Subd. 4.  [EDUCATION.] For the fiscal year ending June 30, 
 13.21  1996, $50,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of education 
 13.22  for awarding grants to school districts that develop and 
 13.23  implement a parenting skills curriculum for students in high 
 13.24  school under section 12. 
 13.25     Subd. 5.  [BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.] $....... is 
 13.26  appropriated to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal 
 13.27  apprehension to establish and maintain the record system created 
 13.28  in section 10.