SF 3724

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/15/2024 03:50pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; amending appropriations made from the registration and license
fee account in the opiate epidemic response fund; amending Minnesota Statutes
2023 Supplement, section 256.043, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256.043, subdivision 3, is amended
to read:

Subd. 3.

Appropriations from registration and license fee account.

(a) The
appropriations in paragraphs (b) to (n) shall be made from the registration and license fee
account on a fiscal year basis in the order specified.

(b) The appropriations specified in Laws 2019, chapter 63, article 3, section 1, paragraphs
(b), (f), (g), and (h), as amended by Laws 2020, chapter 115, article 3, section 35, shall be
made accordingly.

(c) $100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of human services for grants for opiate
antagonist distribution. Grantees may utilize funds for opioid overdose prevention,
community asset mapping, education, and opiate antagonist distribution.

(d) $2,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of human services for grants to Tribal
nations and five urban Indian communities for traditional healing practices for American
Indians and to increase the capacity of culturally specific providers in the behavioral health
workforce.

(e) $400,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of human services for competitive
grants for opioid-focused Project ECHO programs.

(f) $277,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $321,000 each year thereafter is appropriated to the
commissioner of human services to administer the funding distribution and reporting
requirements in paragraph (o).

(g) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 and $3,000,000 each year thereafter is appropriated
to the commissioner of human services for safe recovery sites start-up and capacity building
grants under section 254B.18.

(h) $395,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $415,000 each year thereafter is appropriated to
the commissioner of human services for the opioid overdose surge alert system under section
245.891.

(i) $300,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget for
evaluation activities under section 256.042, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

(j) $261,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of human services for the provision of
administrative services to the Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council and for the
administration of the grants awarded under paragraph (n).

(k) $126,000 is appropriated to the Board of Pharmacy for the collection of the registration
fees under section 151.066.

(l) $672,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension. Of this amount, $384,000 is for drug scientists and lab supplies
and $288,000 is for special agent positions focused on drug interdiction and drug trafficking.

(m) After the appropriations in paragraphs (b) to (l) are made, 50 percent of the remaining
amount is appropriated to the commissioner of human services for distribution to county
social service agencies and Tribal social service agency initiative projects authorized under
section 256.01, subdivision 14b, to provide child protection services to children and families
who are affected by addiction. The commissioner shall distribute this money proportionally
to county social service agencies and Tribal social service agency initiative projects based
on out-of-home placement episodes where parental drug abuse is the primary reason for the
out-of-home placement using data from the previous calendar year. County social service
agencies and Tribal social service agency initiative projects receiving funds from the opiate
epidemic response fund must annually report to the commissioner on how the funds were
used to provide child protection services, including measurable outcomes, as determined
by the commissioner. County social service agencies and Tribal social service agency
initiative projects must not use funds received under this paragraph to supplant current state
or local funding received for child protection services for children and families who are
affected by addiction.

(n) After the appropriations in paragraphs (b) to (m) are made, the remaining amount in
the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human services to award grants as
specified by the Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council in accordance with section
256.042, unless otherwise appropriated by the legislature.

(o) Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter, funds for county social service
agencies and Tribal social service agency initiative projects under paragraph (m) and grant
funds specified by the Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council under paragraph (n)
may be distributed on a calendar year basis.

new text begin (p) $753,000 in fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter is appropriated to the Board
of Pharmacy for the purposes of establishing, facilitating, and maintaining integrated access
to prescription monitoring program reports within clinical software, including but not limited
to electronic medical records and pharmacy management systems.
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deleted text begin (p) deleted text end new text begin (q) new text end Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, funds appropriated in paragraphs
(c), (d), (e), (g), (m), and (n) are available for three years after the funds are appropriated.