1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money to the Board of Regents of the 
1.3 	University of Minnesota to support the healthy Minnesota initiative.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEALTHY 
1.6 	MINNESOTA INITIATIVE.
 1.7 	The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
1.8 	Regents of the University of Minnesota:
1.9 	(1) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated for support of the Community 
1.10 	University Health Care Clinic to focus on health professional work force development, 
1.11 	care coordination, and new models of care;
1.12 	(2) $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated for the Rural Dental Associate 
1.13 	Program to lessen oral health disparities while also meeting the state's overall demand for 
1.14 	more dentists; and
1.15 	(3) $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated for the Rural Dental Associate 
1.16 	Program to lessen oral health disparities while also meeting the state's overall demand for 
1.17 	more dentists.
1.18 	The appropriations in clauses (1) and (2) are added to the base. The appropriation in 
1.19 	clause (3) is a onetime appropriation.