1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing funding to the Board of Regents of the 
1.3 	University of Minnesota for the purpose of supporting education and research 
1.4 	activities in the area of health workforce and clinical sciences; appropriating 
1.5 	money.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
 1.8 	The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.9 	Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes stated:
1.10 	(1) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $4,500,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.11 	to establish statewide cooperative programs, with leadership centers in the Twin Cities and 
1.12 	Rochester, to expand enrollments in medical technology and occupational therapy;
1.13 	(2) $450,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $900,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated to 
1.14 	establish a new professional doctorate to respond to the national mandate to increase the 
1.15 	level of education for advanced practice nurses;
1.16 	(3) $400,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated to 
1.17 	support the Center for American Indian and Minority Health; and
1.18 	(4) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.19 	to support the integration of technologies into an integrated system supporting academic 
1.20 	programs in the Academic Health Center.