SF 3699

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/03/2024 10:52am

A bill for an act
relating to health; adding Alzheimer's disease to program on reducing health
disparities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section
145.928, subdivisions 1, 8.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.928, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Goal; establishment.

It is the goal of the state to decrease the disparities
in infant mortality rates and adult and child immunization rates for American Indians and
populations of color, as compared with rates for whites. To do so and to achieve other
measurable outcomes, the commissioner of health shall establish a program to close the gap
in the health status of American Indians and populations of color as compared with whites
in the following priority areas: infant mortality, access to and utilization of high-quality
prenatal care, breast and cervical cancer screening, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted
infections, adult and child immunizations, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, deleted text begin and deleted text end accidental
injuries and violence new text begin , and Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia new text end .

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.928, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Community grant program; other health disparities.

(a) The commissioner
shall award grants to eligible applicants for local or regional projects and initiatives directed
at reducing health disparities in one or more of the following priority areas:

(1) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates from breast
and cervical cancer;

(2) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates from
HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections;

(3) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates from
cardiovascular disease;

(4) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates from diabetes;
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(5) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates from accidental
injuries or violence deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; or
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new text begin (6) decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in the morbidity and mortality rates from
Alzheimer's Disease or another form of dementia.
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(b) The commissioner may award up to 20 percent of the funds available as planning
grants. Planning grants must be used to address such areas as community assessment,
determining community priority areas, coordination activities, and development of
community supported strategies.

(c) Eligible applicants may include, but are not limited to, faith-based organizations,
social service organizations, community nonprofit organizations, community health boards,
and community clinics. Applicants shall submit proposals to the commissioner. A proposal
must specify the strategies to be implemented to address one or more of the priority areas
listed in paragraph (a) and must be targeted to achieve the outcomes established according
to subdivision 3.

(d) The commissioner shall give priority to applicants who demonstrate that their
proposed project or initiative:

(1) is supported by the community the applicant will serve;

(2) is research-based or based on promising strategies;

(3) is designed to complement other related community activities;

(4) utilizes strategies that positively impact more than one priority area;

(5) reflects racially and ethnically appropriate approaches; and

(6) will be implemented through or with community-based organizations that reflect the
race or ethnicity of the population to be reached.

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2025 and $....... in fiscal year 2026 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of health for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.928.
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