1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for programs related to reducing 
1.3 	fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GRANT TO PROOF ALLIANCE.
 1.6 	(a) $750,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Proof Alliance. These 
1.8 	appropriations are in addition to base level funding for this purpose. Of this appropriation, 
1.9 	Proof Alliance shall make grants to eligible regional collaboratives for the purposes specified 
1.10 	in paragraph (c).
1.11 	(b) "Eligible regional collaboratives" means a partnership between at least one local 
1.12 	government and at least one community-based organization and, where available, a family 
1.13 	home visiting program. For purposes of this paragraph, a local government includes a county 
1.14 	or multicounty organization, a tribal government, a county-based purchasing entity, or a 
1.15 	community health board.
1.16 	(c) Eligible regional collaboratives must use grant funds to reduce the incidence of fetal 
1.17 	alcohol spectrum disorders and other prenatal drug-related effects in children in Minnesota 
1.18 	by identifying and serving pregnant women suspected of or known to use or abuse alcohol 
1.19 	or other drugs. Eligible regional collaboratives must provide intensive services to chemically 
1.20 	dependent women to increase positive birth outcomes.
1.21 	(d) Proof Alliance must make grants to eligible regional collaboratives from both rural 
1.22 	and urban areas of the state.
2.1 	(e) An eligible regional collaborative that receives a grant under this section must report 
2.2 	to Proof Alliance by January 15 of each year on the services and programs funded by the 
2.3 	grant. The report must include measurable outcomes for the previous year, including the 
2.4 	number of pregnant women served and the number of toxic-free babies born. Proof Alliance 
2.5 	must compile the information in these reports and report that information to the commissioner 
2.6 	of human services by February 15 of each year.