1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to health; placing funding restrictions on 
  1.3             individuals and entities conducting research on human 
  1.4             embryos and certain stem cell lines; proposing coding 
  1.5             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [145.426] [FUNDING RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO 
  1.8   RESEARCH.] 
  1.9      An individual or entity conducting research using human 
  1.10  embryos or human embryonic stem cells is not eligible for state 
  1.11  funding of any kind and for any purpose.  This restriction on 
  1.12  funding does not apply if an individual or entity conducts 
  1.13  research using human embryonic stem cell lines eligible for 
  1.14  federal research funding and listed on the Human Embryonic Stem 
  1.15  Cell Registry established by the National Institutes of Health, 
  1.16  and does not conduct research using human embryos or other human 
  1.17  embryonic stem cell lines.