1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying appropriations to the commissioner of 
1.3 	human services for grant programs;amending Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 
1.4 	14, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended by 
1.7 	Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 25, is amended to read:

1.8	Subd. 6.Grant Programs
 					
1.9 	The amounts that may be spent from this 
1.10 	appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

1.11	(a) Support Services Grants

1.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.13	General
	8,915,000
	13,333,000
	
1.14	Federal TANF
	94,611,000
	94,611,000
	
1.15 	Paid Work Experience. $2,168,000 
1.16 	each year in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 
1.17 	is from the general fund for paid work 
1.18 	experience for long-term MFIP recipients. 
1.19 	Paid work includes full and partial wage 
1.20 	subsidies and other related services such as 
1.21 	job development, marketing, preworksite 
1.22 	training, job coaching, and postplacement 
1.23 	services. These are onetime appropriations. 
2.1 	Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not 
2.2 	cancel, but are available to the commissioner 
2.3 	for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.
2.4 	Work Study Funding for MFIP 
2.5 	Participants. $250,000 each year in fiscal 
2.6 	years 2015 and 2016 is from the general fund 
2.7 	to pilot work study jobs for MFIP recipients 
2.8 	in approved postsecondary education 
2.9 	programs. This is a onetime appropriation. 
2.10 	Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do 
2.11 	not cancel, but are available for this purpose 
2.12 	in fiscal year 2016.
2.13 	Local Strategies to Reduce Disparities.
2.14 	$2,000,000 each year in fiscal years 2015 
2.15 	and 2016 is from the general fund for 
2.16 	local projects that focus on services for 
2.17 	subgroups within the MFIP caseload 
2.18 	who are experiencing poor employment 
2.19 	outcomes. These are onetime appropriations. 
2.20 	Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not 
2.21 	cancel, but are available to the commissioner 
2.22 	for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.
2.23 	Home Visiting Collaborations for MFIP 
2.24 	Teen Parents. $200,000 per year in fiscal 
2.25 	years 2014 and 2015 is from the general fund 
2.26 	and $200,000 in fiscal year 2016 is from the 
2.27 	federal TANF fund for technical assistance 
2.28 	and training to support local collaborations 
2.29 	that provide home visiting services for 
2.30 	MFIP teen parents. The general fund 
2.31 	appropriation is onetime. The federal TANF 
2.32 	fund appropriation is added to the base.
2.33 	Performance Bonus Funds for Counties.
2.34 	The TANF fund base is increased by 
2.35 	$1,500,000 each year in fiscal years 2016 
3.1 	and 2017. The commissioner must allocate 
3.2 	this amount each year to counties that exceed 
3.3 	their expected range of performance on the 
3.4 	annualized three-year self-support index 
3.5 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.6 	256J.751, subdivision 2, clause (6). This is a 
3.7 	permanent base adjustment. Notwithstanding 
3.8 	any contrary provisions in this article, this 
3.9 	provision expires June 30, 2016.
3.10 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
3.11 	decreased by $200,000 in fiscal year 2016 
3.12 	and $4,618,000 in fiscal year 2017. The 
3.13 	TANF fund base is increased by $1,700,000 
3.14 	in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

3.15
3.16	(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
Grants
		36,836,000
		42,318,000
	
3.17 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
3.18 	increased by $3,778,000 in fiscal year 2016 
3.19 	and by $3,849,000 in fiscal year 2017.

3.20	(c) Child Care Development Grants
		1,612,000
		1,737,000

3.21	(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
		50,000
		50,000
	
3.22 	Federal Child Support Demonstration 
3.23 	Grants. Federal administrative 
3.24 	reimbursement resulting from the federal 
3.25 	child support grant expenditures authorized 
3.26 	under United States Code, title 42, section 
3.27 	1315, is appropriated to the commissioner 
3.28 	for this activity.

3.29	(e) Children's Services Grants

3.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.31	General
	49,760,000
	52,961,000
	
3.32	Federal TANF
	140,000
	140,000
	
3.33 	Adoption Assistance and Relative Custody 
3.34 	Assistance.$37,453,000 $36,456,000
4.1 	 in fiscal year 2014 and $37,453,000
4.2 	 $36,855,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for the 
4.3 	adoption assistance and relative custody 
4.4 	assistance programs. The commissioner 
4.5 	shall determine with the commissioner of 
4.6 	Minnesota Management and Budget the 
4.7 	appropriation for Northstar Care for Children 
4.8 	effective January 1, 2015. The commissioner 
4.9 	may transfer appropriations for adoption 
4.10 	assistance, relative custody assistance, and 
4.11 	Northstar Care for Children between fiscal 
4.12 	years and among programs to adjust for 
4.13 	transfers across the programs.
4.14 	Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional 
4.15 	federal reimbursements to the state as a result 
4.16 	of the Fostering Connections to Success 
4.17 	and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded 
4.18 	eligibility for Title IV-E adoption assistance 
4.19 	are appropriated for postadoption services, 
4.20 	including a parent-to-parent support network.
4.21 	Privatized Adoption Grants. Federal 
4.22 	reimbursement for privatized adoption grant 
4.23 	and foster care recruitment grant expenditures 
4.24 	is appropriated to the commissioner for 
4.25 	adoption grants and foster care and adoption 
4.26 	administrative purposes.
4.27 	Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
4.28 	Federal funds available during fiscal years 
4.29 	2014 and 2015 for adoption incentive grants 
4.30 	are appropriated for postadoption services, 
4.31 	including a parent-to-parent support network.
4.32 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
4.33 	increased by $5,913,000 in fiscal year 2016 
4.34 	and by $10,297,000 in fiscal year 2017.

4.35	(f) Child and Community Service Grants
		53,301,000
		53,301,000

5.1	(g) Child and Economic Support Grants
		21,047,000
		20,848,000
	
5.2 	Minnesota Food Assistance Program. 
5.3 	Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food 
5.4 	assistance program for fiscal year 2014 do 
5.5 	not cancel but are available for this purpose 
5.6 	in fiscal year 2015.
5.7 	Transitional Housing. $250,000 each year 
5.8 	is for the transitional housing programs under 
5.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.33.
5.10 	Emergency Services. $250,000 each year 
5.11 	is for emergency services grants under 
5.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.36.
5.13 	Family Assets for Independence. $250,000 
5.14 	each year is for the Family Assets for 
5.15 	Independence Minnesota program. This 
5.16 	appropriation is available in either year of the 
5.17 	biennium and may be transferred between 
5.18 	fiscal years.
5.19 	Food Shelf Programs. $375,000 in fiscal 
5.20 	year 2014 and $375,000 in fiscal year 
5.21 	2015 are for food shelf programs under 
5.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.34. If the 
5.23 	appropriation for either year is insufficient, 
5.24 	the appropriation for the other year is 
5.25 	available for it. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
5.26 	Statutes, section 256E.34, subdivision 4, no 
5.27 	portion of this appropriation may be used 
5.28 	by Hunger Solutions for its administrative 
5.29 	expenses, including but not limited to rent 
5.30 	and salaries.
5.31 	Homeless Youth Act. $2,000,000 in fiscal 
5.32 	year 2014 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 
5.33 	is for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.34 	256K.45.
6.1 	Safe Harbor Shelter and Housing. 
6.2 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $500,000 in 
6.3 	fiscal year 2015 is for a safe harbor shelter 
6.4 	and housing fund for housing and supportive 
6.5 	services for youth who are sexually exploited.
6.6 	High-risk adults. $200,000 in fiscal 
6.7 	year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit 
6.8 	organization selected to administer the 
6.9 	demonstration project for high-risk adults 
6.10 	under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1, 
6.11 	section 19, in order to complete the project. 
6.12 	This is a onetime appropriation.

6.13	(h) Health Care Grants

6.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.15	General
	190,000
	190,000
	
6.16	Health Care Access
	190,000
	190,000
	
6.17 	Emergency Medical Assistance Referral 
6.18 	and Assistance Grants. (a) The 
6.19 	commissioner of human services shall 
6.20 	award grants to nonprofit programs that 
6.21 	provide immigration legal services based 
6.22 	on indigency to provide legal services for 
6.23 	immigration assistance to individuals with 
6.24 	emergency medical conditions or complex 
6.25 	and chronic health conditions who are not 
6.26 	currently eligible for medical assistance 
6.27 	or other public health care programs, but 
6.28 	who may meet eligibility requirements with 
6.29 	immigration assistance.
6.30 	(b) The grantees, in collaboration with 
6.31 	hospitals and safety net providers, shall 
6.32 	provide referral assistance to connect 
6.33 	individuals identified in paragraph (a) with 
6.34 	alternative resources and services to assist in 
6.35 	meeting their health care needs. $100,000 
7.1 	is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and 
7.2 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2015. This is a 
7.3 	onetime appropriation.
7.4 	Base Adjustment. The general fund is 
7.5 	decreased by $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 
7.6 	and $100,000 in fiscal year 2017.

7.7	(i) Aging and Adult Services Grants
		14,827,000
		15,010,000
	
7.8 	Base Adjustment. The general fund is 
7.9 	increased by $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2016 
7.10 	and $1,151,000 in fiscal year 2017.
7.11 	Community Service Development 
7.12 	Grants and Community Services Grants.
7.13 	Community service development grants and 
7.14 	community services grants are reduced by 
7.15 	$1,150,000 each year. This is a onetime 
7.16 	reduction.

7.17	(j) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
		1,771,000
		1,785,000

7.18	(k) Disabilities Grants
		18,605,000
		18,823,000
	
7.19 	Advocating Change Together. $310,000 in 
7.20 	fiscal year 2014 is for a grant to Advocating 
7.21 	Change Together (ACT) to maintain and 
7.22 	promote services for persons with intellectual 
7.23 	and developmental disabilities throughout 
7.24 	the state. This appropriation is onetime. Of 
7.25 	this appropriation:
7.26 	(1) $120,000 is for direct costs associated 
7.27 	with the delivery and evaluation of 
7.28 	peer-to-peer training programs administered 
7.29 	throughout the state, focusing on education, 
7.30 	employment, housing, transportation, and 
7.31 	voting;
7.32 	(2) $100,000 is for delivery of statewide 
7.33 	conferences focusing on leadership and 
8.1 	skill development within the disability 
8.2 	community; and
8.3 	(3) $90,000 is for administrative and general 
8.4 	operating costs associated with managing 
8.5 	or maintaining facilities, program delivery, 
8.6 	staff, and technology.
8.7 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
8.8 	is increased by $535,000 in fiscal year 2016 
8.9 	and by $709,000 in fiscal year 2017.

8.10	(l) Adult Mental Health Grants

8.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.12	General
	71,199,000
	69,530,000
	
8.13	Health Care Access
	750,000
	750,000
	
8.14	Lottery Prize
	1,733,000
	1,733,000
	
8.15 	Compulsive Gambling Treatment. Of the 
8.16 	general fund appropriation, $602,000 in 
8.17 	fiscal year 2014 and $747,000 in fiscal year 
8.18 	2015 are for compulsive gambling treatment 
8.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297E.02, 
8.20 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
8.21 	Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year 
8.22 	2014 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2015 is 
8.23 	appropriated from the lottery prize fund for a 
8.24 	grant to the state affiliate recognized by the 
8.25 	National Council on Problem Gambling. The 
8.26 	affiliate must provide services to increase 
8.27 	public awareness of problem gambling, 
8.28 	education and training for individuals and 
8.29 	organizations providing effective treatment 
8.30 	services to problem gamblers and their 
8.31 	families, and research relating to problem 
8.32 	gambling.
8.33 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
8.34 	year's appropriations for adult mental health 
8.35 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
9.1 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
9.2 	31.
9.3 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
9.4 	decreased by $4,427,000 in fiscal years 2016 
9.5 	and 2017.
9.6 	Mental Health Pilot Project. $230,000 
9.7 	each year is for a grant to the Zumbro 
9.8 	Valley Mental Health Center. The grant 
9.9 	shall be used to implement a pilot project 
9.10 	to test an integrated behavioral health care 
9.11 	coordination model. The grant recipient must 
9.12 	report measurable outcomes and savings 
9.13 	to the commissioner of human services 
9.14 	by January 15, 2016. This is a onetime 
9.15 	appropriation.
9.16 	High-risk adults. $200,000 in fiscal 
9.17 	year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit 
9.18 	organization selected to administer the 
9.19 	demonstration project for high-risk adults 
9.20 	under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1, 
9.21 	section 19, in order to complete the project. 
9.22 	This is a onetime appropriation.

9.23	(m) Child Mental Health Grants
		18,246,000
		20,636,000
	
9.24 	Text Message Suicide Prevention 
9.25 	Program. $625,000 in fiscal year 2014 and 
9.26 	$625,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for a grant 
9.27 	to a nonprofit organization to establish and 
9.28 	implement a statewide text message suicide 
9.29 	prevention program. The program shall 
9.30 	implement a suicide prevention counseling 
9.31 	text line designed to use text messaging to 
9.32 	connect with crisis counselors and to obtain 
9.33 	emergency information and referrals to 
9.34 	local resources in the local community. The 
9.35 	program shall include training within schools 
10.1 	and communities to encourage the use of the 
10.2 	program.
10.3 	Mental Health First Aid Training. $22,000 
10.4 	in fiscal year 2014 and $23,000 in fiscal 
10.5 	year 2015 is to train teachers, social service 
10.6 	personnel, law enforcement, and others who 
10.7 	come into contact with children with mental 
10.8 	illnesses, in children and adolescents mental 
10.9 	health first aid training.
10.10 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
10.11 	year's appropriation for child mental health 
10.12 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
10.13 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
10.14 	31.

10.15	(n) CD Treatment Support Grants
		1,816,000
		1,816,000
	
10.16 	SBIRT Training. (1) $300,000 each year is 
10.17 	for grants to train primary care clinicians to 
10.18 	provide substance abuse brief intervention 
10.19 	and referral to treatment (SBIRT). This is a 
10.20 	onetime appropriation. The commissioner of 
10.21 	human services shall apply to SAMHSA for 
10.22 	an SBIRT professional training grant.
10.23 	(2) If the commissioner of human services 
10.24 	receives a grant under clause (1) funds 
10.25 	appropriated under this clause, equal to 
10.26 	the grant amount, up to the available 
10.27 	appropriation, shall be transferred to the 
10.28 	Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol 
10.29 	Syndrome (MOFAS). MOFAS must use 
10.30 	the funds for grants. Grant recipients must 
10.31 	be selected from communities that are 
10.32 	not currently served by federal Substance 
10.33 	Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block 
10.34 	Grant funds. Grant money must be used to 
10.35 	reduce the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome 
11.1 	and fetal alcohol effects, and the number of 
11.2 	drug-exposed infants. Grant money may be 
11.3 	used for prevention and intervention services 
11.4 	and programs, including, but not limited to, 
11.5 	community grants, professional eduction, 
11.6 	public awareness, and diagnosis.
11.7 	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grant. $180,000 
11.8 	each year from the general fund is for a 
11.9 	grant to the Minnesota Organization on Fetal 
11.10 	Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS) to support 
11.11 	nonprofit Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 
11.12 	(FASD) outreach prevention programs 
11.13 	in Olmsted County. This is a onetime 
11.14 	appropriation.
11.15 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
11.16 	decreased by $480,000 in fiscal year 2016 
11.17 	and $480,000 in fiscal year 2017.

11.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2013.