1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for correctional discharge 
1.3 	planning.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DISCHARGE PLANNING.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human 
1.7 	services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, to fund discharge planning for offenders 
1.8 	who: (1) have a chemical dependency; (2) have a traumatic brain injury; (3) are at risk for 
1.9 	homelessness; or (4) have a serious and persistent mental illness defined in Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c), who are pending release from a 
1.11 	county jail or correctional facility.