1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for advance care planning on end-of-life 
1.3 	care choices.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION FOR ADVANCE CARE PLANNING.
 1.6 	$800,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of health to award a grant to a statewide advance care 
1.8 	planning resource organization that has expertise in convening and coordinating 
1.9 	community-based strategies to encourage individuals, families, caregivers, and health care 
1.10 	providers to begin conversations regarding end-of-life care choices that express an 
1.11 	individual's health care values and preferences and are based on informed health care 
1.12 	decisions. $500,000 is added to the base appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2022 and 
1.13 	continuing in each fiscal year thereafter for grants for advance care planning.