1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
1.3 	to provide mental health services to students and assist students in acquiring health 
1.4 	insurance; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.5 	136F.20, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136F.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 3.Mental health services and health insurance information. (a) The board 
1.10 	must contract with one or more independent mental health organizations to provide mental 
1.11 	health care on campus at each state university and state college. Mental health services must 
1.12 	be provided without charge to students who are uninsured or whose health insurance does 
1.13 	not cover the service provided.
1.14 	(b) A mental health organization providing mental health care under paragraph (a) must 
1.15 	also provide information and guidance to students seeking health insurance.

1.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.17 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
1.18 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the mental health services 
1.19 	for students required under Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.20, subdivision 3.