1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; providing funds to eliminate health disparities for women of 
1.3 	African descent in Minnesota; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC.
 1.6 	$350,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of health for a grant to a health care nonprofit organization to be used 
1.8 	for the planning of a health clinic located in Minneapolis that will provide culturally 
1.9 	specific health care services to women of African descent in order to improve access to 
1.10 	maternal health and preventive care, reduce infant mortality, and increase health literacy. 
1.11 	The grant recipient must submit to the commissioner the plans for the women's health 
1.12 	clinic by January 15, 2017.