1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing undergraduate tuition relief for University 
1.3 	of Minnesota students; appropriating money;amending Laws 2017, chapter 89, 
1.4 	article 1, section 4, subdivisions 1, 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, chapter 89, article 1, section 4, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

1.81.7

Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation

$

660,843,000

$

~~650,793,000~~
669,293,000

1.9 | Appropriations by Fund
1.10 | | 2018 | 2019
1.121.11

General

658,686,000

~~648,636,000~~
667,136,000

1.13 | Health Care Access | 2,157,000 | 2,157,000
1.14 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.15 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.16 	subdivisions.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Laws 2017, chapter 89, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

1.191.18

Subd. 2.Operations and Maintenance

590,248,000

~~580,198,000~~
598,698,000

1.20 	(a) The Board of Regents is requested to set 
1.21 	~~resident~~ undergraduate tuition rates for 
1.22 	academic ~~year~~ years 2018-2019 and 
2.1 	2019-2020 at levels not to exceed the rates for 
2.2 	academic year 2017-2018.
2.3 	(b) $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and 
2.4 	$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are to: (1) 
2.5 	increase the medical school's research 
2.6 	capacity; (2) improve the medical school's 
2.7 	ranking in National Institutes of Health 
2.8 	funding; (3) ensure the medical school's 
2.9 	national prominence by attracting and 
2.10 	retaining world-class faculty, staff, and 
2.11 	students; (4) invest in physician training 
2.12 	programs in rural and underserved 
2.13 	communities; and (5) translate the medical 
2.14 	school's research discoveries into new 
2.15 	treatments and cures to improve the health of 
2.16 	Minnesotans.
2.17 	(c) $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2018 and 
2.18 	$7,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for health 
2.19 	training restoration. This appropriation must 
2.20 	be used to support all of the following: (1) 
2.21 	faculty physicians who teach at eight residency 
2.22 	program sites, including medical resident and 
2.23 	student training programs in the Department 
2.24 	of Family Medicine; (2) the Mobile Dental 
2.25 	Clinic; and (3) expansion of geriatric 
2.26 	education and family programs.
2.27 	(d) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and 
2.28 	$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the 
2.29 	Minnesota Discovery, Research, and 
2.30 	InnoVation Economy funding program for 
2.31 	cancer care research.
2.32 	(e) $50,000 in fiscal year 2018 is to develop 
2.33 	and implement a plan to offer the academic 
2.34 	program for students with intellectual and 
2.35 	developmental disabilities required in article 
3.1 	2, section 18. The Board of Regents must 
3.2 	submit a report on the plan to the chairs and 
3.3 	ranking minority members of the committees 
3.4 	of the legislature with jurisdiction over higher 
3.5 	education finance and policy no later than 
3.6 	January 15, 2018. The report must describe 
3.7 	program plans, including strategies for 
3.8 	recruitment of applicants, and strategies to 
3.9 	address anticipated program needs that cannot 
3.10 	be filled using existing campus or system 
3.11 	resources. This is a onetime appropriation.
3.12 	(f) $500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 
3.13 	in fiscal year 2019 are for the University of 
3.14 	Minnesota, Morris branch, to cover the costs 
3.15 	of tuition waivers under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.16 	section 137.16.
3.17 	(g) The base for this appropriation in fiscal 
3.18 	year 2020 and later is $618,698,000.