1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for the health professional loan forgiveness 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$3,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of health for the loan forgiveness program under 
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501. Of this amount, ten percent is set aside for mental 
1.9 	health professionals practicing in a nonrural area where more than 50 percent of the clients 
1.10 	or patients are on medical assistance. This amount must be added to the base appropriation.