1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for advanced care planning on end-of-life 
1.3 	care choices.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION FOR ADVANCED CARE PLANNING.
 1.6 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of health to award a grant to a statewide advanced care planning resource organization that 
1.8 	has expertise in convening and coordinating community-based strategies to encourage 
1.9 	individuals, families, caregivers, and health care providers to begin conversations regarding 
1.10 	end-of-life care choices that express an individual's health care values and preferences and 
1.11 	are based on informed health care decisions. $500,000 is added to the base appropriation 
1.12 	beginning in fiscal year 2019 and continuing in each fiscal year thereafter for grants for 
1.13 	advanced care planning.