1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a health care simulation 
1.3 	training center in southeast Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SIMULATION CENTER; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$8,013,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to Greater Rochester Advocates for 
1.9 	Universities and Colleges (GRAUC), a collaborative organization representing health care, 
1.10 	business, workforce development, and higher education institutions, for capital expenses 
1.11 	related to starting up a state-of-the-art simulation center for training health care workers in 
1.12 	southeast Minnesota. Eligible expenses include predesign, design, renovation, furnishing, 
1.13 	and equipping of a facility to house the training center. This appropriation is onetime and 
1.14 	is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
1.15 	section 16A.642.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.