1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; establishing a program to provide grants to women's pregnancy
1.3 centers and maternity homes; reducing appropriations; appropriating money;
1.4 amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended;
1.5 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. TITLE.
1.8 This act shall be known as the "Supporting Women Act."
1.9 Sec. 2. [145.909] GRANT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN'S PREGNANCY CENTERS
1.10 AND MATERNITY HOMES.
1.11 Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
1.12 the meanings given.
1.13 (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
1.14 (c) "Maternity home" means a community-based, supervised group housing setting that
1.15 provides housing, information, referrals, and support to:
1.16 (1) women who:
1.17 (i) are pregnant or recently gave birth; and
1.18 (ii) are in crisis, are homeless, or are at risk of homelessness; and
1.19 (2) the children of women who meet the criteria in clause (1).
2.1 (d) "Women's pregnancy center" means an organization that provides information,
2.2 referrals, and support to encourage and assist pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies
2.3 to term and in caring for their children after birth.
2.4 Subd. 2.Grant program established. The commissioner shall administer a program
2.5 to provide grants to maternity homes and women's pregnancy centers to fund housing,
2.6 services, and assistance to help pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies to term and
2.7 in caring for their children after birth.
2.8 Subd. 3.Eligibility for grants. (a) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a women's
2.9 pregnancy center or maternity home must:
2.10 (1) be a nonprofit organization;
2.11 (2) offer programs and services, or referrals for programs and services, to pregnant
2.12 women and women who recently gave birth to support, encourage, and assist them in carrying
2.13 their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children after birth;
2.14 (3) provide programs or services free of charge or at reduced cost, except that any housing
2.15 provided must be provided free of charge; and
2.16 (4) not use any grant funds to:
2.17 (i) encourage or counsel women to have an abortion that is not necessary to prevent the
2.18 woman's death;
2.19 (ii) provide abortions; or
2.20 (iii) directly refer women to an abortion provider for an abortion.
2.21 (b) An organization is not eligible for a grant under this section if the organization:
2.22 (1) provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers women to an abortion
2.23 provider for an abortion; or
2.24 (2) is an affiliate of an organization that engages in any of the acts in clause (1), unless
2.25 the two organizations are separately incorporated and independent of each other.
2.26 Subd. 4.Uses of grant funds. (a) A women's pregnancy center receiving a grant under
2.27 this section must use the grant funds for programs and services to support, encourage, and
2.28 assist pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children
2.29 after birth.
3.1 (b) A maternity home receiving a grant under this section must use the grant funds for
3.2 housing, supervision, and programs and services to support, encourage, and assist pregnant
3.3 women in carrying their pregnancies to term and in caring for their children after birth.
3.4 (c) A women's pregnancy center or maternity home may provide programs and services
3.5 directly or may refer women to other organizations for programs and services. Programs
3.6 and services to support, encourage, and assist pregnant women and women who recently
3.7 gave birth may address medical care, information about the developmental characteristics
3.8 of babies and unborn children, nutrition services, mental health care and treatment, substance
3.9 use disorder treatment, housing assistance, adoption services, education and employment
3.10 assistance, financial literacy, communication skills, child care assistance, and parenting
3.11 education and support services.
3.12 Subd. 5.Privacy protections. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a women's
3.13 pregnancy center or maternity home receiving a grant under this section must have a privacy
3.14 policy and procedures in place to ensure that the following information is not made public
3.15 or shared with any other agency or organization without the woman's written consent:
3.16 (1) the woman's name, address, or telephone number, or other information that might
3.17 identify a woman seeking or receiving services from the women's pregnancy center or
3.18 maternity home; or
3.19 (2) communications between the women's pregnancy center or maternity home and a
3.20 woman seeking or receiving services from the women's pregnancy center or maternity home.
3.21 (b) For purposes of any medical care provided by the women's pregnancy center or
3.22 maternity home, including but not limited to pregnancy tests or ultrasonic scanning, the
3.23 women's pregnancy center or maternity home must comply with the requirements in sections
3.24 144.291 to 144.298 that apply to providers before releasing any information relating to the
3.25 medical care provided.
3.26 (c) A women's pregnancy center or maternity home receiving a grant under this section
3.27 must provide the commissioner with information requested by the commissioner for purposes
3.28 of subdivision 6.
3.29 Subd. 6.Monitoring and review. (a) The commissioner must:
3.30 (1) collect from grant recipients information necessary to evaluate and administer the
3.31 grant program; and
3.32 (2) monitor and review each grant recipient's program to ensure compliance with this
3.33 section.
4.1 (b) Any data on individuals receiving services from a women's pregnancy center or
4.2 maternity home that are collected by the commissioner under paragraph (a) are classified
4.3 as private data on individuals, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12.
4.4 Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 3, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
4.5 2024, chapter 127, article 67, section 14, is amended to read:
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Subd. 2.Health Improvement
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4.7
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Appropriations by Fund
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4.8
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General
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229,600,000
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210,030,000
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4.94.10
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State Government
Special Revenue
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12,392,000
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12,682,000
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Health Care Access
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49,051,000
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53,290,000
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Federal TANF
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11,713,000
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11,713,000
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4.13 (a) Studies of telehealth expansion and
4.14 payment parity. $1,200,000 in fiscal year
4.15 2024 is from the general fund for studies of
4.16 telehealth expansion and payment parity. This
4.17 is a onetime appropriation and is available
4.18 until June 30, 2025.
4.19 (b) Advancing equity through capacity
4.20 building and resource allocation grant
4.21 program. $916,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
4.22 $916,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
4.23 general fund for grants under Minnesota
4.24 Statutes, section 144.9821. This is a onetime
4.25 appropriation.
4.26 (c) Grant to Minnesota Community Health
4.27 Worker Alliance. $971,000 in fiscal year
4.28 2024 and $971,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
4.29 from the general fund for Minnesota Statutes,
4.30 section 144.1462.
4.31 (d) Community solutions for healthy child
4.32 development grants. $2,730,000 in fiscal year
4.33 2024 and $2,730,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
4.34 from the general fund for grants under
5.1 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9257. The
5.2 base for this appropriation is $2,415,000 in
5.3 fiscal year 2026 and $2,415,000 in fiscal year
5.4 2027.
5.5 (e) Comprehensive Overdose and Morbidity
5.6 Prevention Act. $9,794,000 in fiscal year
5.7 2024 and $10,458,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
5.8 from the general fund for comprehensive
5.9 overdose and morbidity prevention strategies
5.10 under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.0528.
5.11 The base for this appropriation is $10,476,000
5.12 in fiscal year 2026 and $10,476,000 in fiscal
5.13 year 2027.
5.14 (f) Emergency preparedness and response.
5.15 $10,486,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
5.16 $14,314,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
5.17 general fund for public health emergency
5.18 preparedness and response, the sustainability
5.19 of the strategic stockpile, and COVID-19
5.20 pandemic response transition. The base for
5.21 this appropriation is $11,438,000 in fiscal year
5.22 2026 and $11,362,000 in fiscal year 2027.
5.23 (g) Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Families.
5.24 (1) $8,440,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
5.25 $7,305,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
5.26 general fund for grants under Minnesota
5.27 Statutes, sections 145.9571 to 145.9576. The
5.28 base for this appropriation is $1,500,000 in
5.29 fiscal year 2026 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year
5.30 2027. (2) Of the amount in clause (1),
5.31 $400,000 in fiscal year 2024 is to support the
5.32 transition from implementation of activities
5.33 under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.4235,
5.34 to implementation of activities under
5.35 Minnesota Statutes, sections 145.9571 to
6.1 145.9576. The commissioner shall award four
6.2 sole-source grants of $100,000 each to Face
6.3 to Face, Cradle of Hope, Division of Indian
6.4 Work, and Minnesota Prison Doula Project.
6.5 The amount in this clause is a onetime
6.6 appropriation.
6.7 (h) Help Me Connect. $463,000 in fiscal year
6.8 2024 and $921,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
6.9 from the general fund for the Help Me
6.10 Connect program under Minnesota Statutes,
6.11 section 145.988.
6.12 (i) Home visiting. $2,000,000 in fiscal year
6.13 2024 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
6.14 from the general fund for home visiting under
6.15 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.87, to provide
6.16 home visiting to priority populations under
6.17 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.87,
6.18 subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
6.19 (j) No Surprises Act enforcement.
6.20 $1,210,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,090,000
6.21 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
6.22 for implementation of the federal No Surprises
6.23 Act under Minnesota Statutes, section
6.24 62Q.021, and an assessment of the feasibility
6.25 of a statewide provider directory. The general
6.26 fund base for this appropriation is $855,000
6.27 in fiscal year 2026 and $855,000 in fiscal year
6.28 2027.
6.29 (k) Office of African American Health.
6.30 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000
6.31 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
6.32 for grants under the authority of the Office of
6.33 African American Health under Minnesota
6.34 Statutes, section 144.0756.
7.1 (l) Office of American Indian Health.
7.2 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000
7.3 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
7.4 for grants under the authority of the Office of
7.5 American Indian Health under Minnesota
7.6 Statutes, section 144.0757.
7.7 (m) Public health system transformation
7.8 grants. (1) $9,844,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
7.9 $9,844,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
7.10 general fund for grants under Minnesota
7.11 Statutes, section 145A.131, subdivision 1,
7.12 paragraph (f).
7.13 (2) $535,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $535,000
7.14 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
7.15 for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
7.16 145A.14, subdivision 2b.
7.17 (3) $321,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $321,000
7.18 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
7.19 for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
7.20 144.0759.
7.21 (n) Health care workforce. (1) $1,010,000
7.22 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,550,000 in fiscal
7.23 year 2025 are from the health care access fund
7.24 for rural training tracks and rural clinicals
7.25 grants under Minnesota Statutes, sections
7.26 144.1505 and 144.1507. The base for this
7.27 appropriation is $4,060,000 in fiscal year 2026
7.28 and $3,600,000 in fiscal year 2027.
7.29 (2) $420,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $420,000
7.30 in fiscal year 2025 are from the health care
7.31 access fund for immigrant international
7.32 medical graduate training grants under
7.33 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1911.
8.1 (3) $5,654,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
8.2 $5,550,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
8.3 health care access fund for site-based clinical
8.4 training grants under Minnesota Statutes,
8.5 section 144.1508. The base for this
8.6 appropriation is $4,657,000 in fiscal year 2026
8.7 and $3,451,000 in fiscal year 2027.
8.8 (4) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
8.9 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
8.10 health care access fund for mental health for
8.11 health care professional grants. This is a
8.12 onetime appropriation and is available until
8.13 June 30, 2027.
8.14 (5) $502,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $502,000
8.15 in fiscal year 2025 are from the health care
8.16 access fund for workforce research and data
8.17 analysis of shortages, maldistribution of health
8.18 care providers in Minnesota, and the factors
8.19 that influence decisions of health care
8.20 providers to practice in rural areas of
8.21 Minnesota.
8.22 (o) School health. $800,000 in fiscal year
8.23 2024 and $1,300,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
8.24 from the general fund for grants under
8.25 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.903. The base
8.26 for this appropriation is $2,300,000 in fiscal
8.27 year 2026 and $2,300,000 in fiscal year 2027.
8.28 (p) Long COVID. $3,146,000 in fiscal year
8.29 2024 and $3,146,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
8.30 from the general fund for grants and to
8.31 implement Minnesota Statutes, section
8.32 145.361.
8.33 (q) Workplace safety grants. $4,400,000 in
8.34 fiscal year 2024 is from the general fund for
9.1 grants to health care entities to improve
9.2 employee safety or security. This is a onetime
9.3 appropriation and is available until June 30,
9.4 2027. The commissioner may use up to ten
9.5 percent of this appropriation for
9.6 administration.
9.7 (r) Clinical dental education innovation
9.8 grants. $1,122,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
9.9 $1,122,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
9.10 general fund for clinical dental education
9.11 innovation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
9.12 section 144.1913.
9.13 (s) Emmett Louis Till Victims Recovery
9.14 Program. $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 is from
9.15 the general fund for a grant to the Emmett
9.16 Louis Till Victims Recovery Program. The
9.17 commissioner must not use any of this
9.18 appropriation for administration. This is a
9.19 onetime appropriation and is available until
9.20 June 30, 2025.
9.21 (t) Center for health care affordability.
9.22 $2,752,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,989,000
9.23 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
9.24 to establish a center for health care
9.25 affordability and to implement Minnesota
9.26 Statutes, section 62J.312. The general fund
9.27 base for this appropriation is $3,988,000 in
9.28 fiscal year 2026 and $3,988,000 in fiscal year
9.29 2027.
9.30 (u) Federally qualified health centers
9.31 apprenticeship program. $690,000 in fiscal
9.32 year 2024 and $690,000 in fiscal year 2025
9.33 are from the general fund for grants under
9.34 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9272.
10.1 (v) Alzheimer's public information
10.2 program. $80,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
10.3 $80,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
10.4 general fund for grants to community-based
10.5 organizations to co-create culturally specific
10.6 messages to targeted communities and to
10.7 promote public awareness materials online
10.8 through diverse media channels.
10.9 (w) Nurse and Patient Safety Act. The
10.10 appropriations in this paragraph are available
10.11 until June 30, 2027.
10.12 (1) $5,317,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
10.13 $5,317,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
10.14 general fund for loan forgiveness under
10.15 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501, for
10.16 eligible nurses who have agreed to work as
10.17 hospital nurses in accordance with Minnesota
10.18 Statutes, section 144.1501, subdivision 2,
10.19 paragraph (a), clause (7).
10.20 (2) $66,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $66,000
10.21 in fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund
10.22 for loan forgiveness under Minnesota Statutes,
10.23 section 144.1501, for eligible nurses who have
10.24 agreed to teach in accordance with Minnesota
10.25 Statutes, section 144.1501, subdivision 2,
10.26 paragraph (a), clause (3).
10.27 (x) Supporting healthy development of
10.28 babies. $260,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
10.29 $260,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
10.30 general fund for a grant to the Amherst H.
10.31 Wilder Foundation for the African American
10.32 Babies Coalition initiative. The base for this
10.33 appropriation is $520,000 in fiscal year 2026
10.34 and $0 in fiscal year 2027. Any appropriation
10.35 in fiscal year 2026 is available until June 30,
11.1 2027. This paragraph expires on June 30,
11.2 2027.
11.3 (y) Health professional education loan
11.4 forgiveness. $2,780,000 in fiscal year 2024
11.5 is from the general fund for eligible mental
11.6 health professional loan forgiveness under
11.7 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501. This is
11.8 a onetime appropriation. The commissioner
11.9 may use up to ten percent of this appropriation
11.10 for administration.
11.11 (z) Primary care residency expansion grant
11.12 program. $400,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
11.13 $400,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
11.14 general fund for a psychiatry resident under
11.15 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1506.
11.16 (aa) Pediatric primary care mental health
11.17 training grant program. $1,000,000 in fiscal
11.18 year 2024 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025
11.19 are from the general fund for grants under
11.20 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1509. The
11.21 commissioner may use up to ten percent of
11.22 this appropriation for administration.
11.23 (bb) Mental health cultural community
11.24 continuing education grant program.
11.25 $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 in
11.26 fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
11.27 grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
11.28 144.1511. The commissioner may use up to
11.29 ten percent of this appropriation for
11.30 administration.
11.31 (cc) Labor trafficking services grant
11.32 program. $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
11.33 $500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
12.1 general fund for grants under Minnesota
12.2 Statutes, section 144.3885.
12.3 (dd) Palliative Care Advisory Council.
12.4 $44,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $44,000 in
12.5 fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
12.6 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.059.
12.7 (ee) Analysis of a universal health care
12.8 financing system. $1,815,000 in fiscal year
12.9 2024 and $580,000 in fiscal year 2025 are
12.10 from the general fund to the commissioner to
12.11 contract for an analysis of the benefits and
12.12 costs of a legislative proposal for a universal
12.13 health care financing system and a similar
12.14 analysis of the current health care financing
12.15 system. The base for this appropriation is
12.16 $580,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $0 in fiscal
12.17 year 2027. This appropriation is available until
12.18 June 30, 2027.
12.19 (ff) Charitable assets public interest review.
12.20 (1) The appropriations under this paragraph
12.21 are contingent upon legislative enactment of
12.22 2023 House File 402 by the 93rd Legislature.
12.23 (2) $1,584,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
12.24 $769,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
12.25 general fund to review certain health care
12.26 entity transactions; to conduct analyses of the
12.27 impacts of health care transactions on health
12.28 care cost, quality, and competition; and to
12.29 issue public reports on health care transactions
12.30 in Minnesota and their impacts. The base for
12.31 this appropriation is $710,000 in fiscal year
12.32 2026 and $710,000 in fiscal year 2027.
12.33 (gg) Study of the development of a statewide
12.34 registry for provider orders for
13.1 life-sustaining treatment. $225,000 in fiscal
13.2 year 2024 is from the general fund for a study
13.3 of the development of a statewide registry for
13.4 provider orders for life-sustaining treatment.
13.5 This is a onetime appropriation.
13.6 (hh) Task Force on Pregnancy Health and
13.7 Substance Use Disorders. $199,000 in fiscal
13.8 year 2024 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2025
13.9 are from the general fund for the Task Force
13.10 on Pregnancy Health and Substance Use
13.11 Disorders. This is a onetime appropriation and
13.12 is available until June 30, 2025.
13.13 (ii) 988 Suicide and crisis lifeline. $4,000,000
13.14 in fiscal year 2024 is from the general fund
13.15 for 988 national suicide prevention lifeline
13.16 grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.17 145.561. This is a onetime appropriation.
13.18 (jj) Equitable Health Care Task Force.
13.19 $779,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $749,000 in
13.20 fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
13.21 the Equitable Health Care Task Force. This is
13.22 a onetime appropriation.
13.23 (kk) Psychedelic Medicine Task Force.
13.24 $338,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $171,000 in
13.25 fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
13.26 the Psychedelic Medicine Task Force. This is
13.27 a onetime appropriation.
13.28 (ll) Medical education and research costs.
13.29 $300,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $300,000 in
13.30 fiscal year 2025 are from the general fund for
13.31 the medical education and research costs
13.32 program under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.33 62J.692.
14.1 (mm) Special Guerilla Unit Veterans grant
14.2 program. $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
14.3 $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
14.4 general fund for a grant to the Special
14.5 Guerrilla Units Veterans and Families of the
14.6 United States of America to offer
14.7 programming and culturally specific and
14.8 specialized assistance to support the health
14.9 and well-being of Special Guerilla Unit
14.10 Veterans. The base for this appropriation is
14.11 $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $0 in fiscal
14.12 year 2027. Any amount appropriated in fiscal
14.13 year 2026 is available until June 30, 2027.
14.14 This paragraph expires June 30, 2027.
14.15 (nn) Safe harbor regional navigator.
14.16 $300,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $300,000 in
14.17 fiscal year 2025 are for a regional navigator
14.18 in northwestern Minnesota. The commissioner
14.19 may use up to ten percent of this appropriation
14.20 for administration.
14.21 (oo) Network adequacy. $798,000 in fiscal
14.22 year 2024 and $491,000 in fiscal year 2025
14.23 are from the general fund for reviews of
14.24 provider networks under Minnesota Statutes,
14.25 section 62K.10, to determine network
14.26 adequacy.
14.27 (pp) Grant to Minnesota Alliance for
14.28 Volunteer Advancement. $278,000 in fiscal
14.29 year 2024 is from the general fund for a grant
14.30 to the Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer
14.31 Advancement to administer needs-based
14.32 volunteerism subgrants targeting
14.33 underresourced nonprofit organizations in
14.34 greater Minnesota. Subgrants must be used to
14.35 support the ongoing efforts of selected
15.1 organizations to address and minimize
15.2 disparities in access to human services through
15.3 increased volunteerism. Subgrant applicants
15.4 must demonstrate that the populations to be
15.5 served by the subgrantee are underserved or
15.6 suffer from or are at risk of homelessness,
15.7 hunger, poverty, lack of access to health care,
15.8 or deficits in education. The Minnesota
15.9 Alliance for Volunteer Advancement must
15.10 give priority to organizations that are serving
15.11 the needs of vulnerable populations. This is a
15.12 onetime appropriation and is available until
15.13 June 30, 2025.
15.14 (qq) (1) TANF Appropriations. TANF funds
15.15 must be used as follows:
15.16 (i) $3,579,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
15.17 $3,579,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
15.18 TANF fund for home visiting and nutritional
15.19 services listed under Minnesota Statutes,
15.20 section 145.882, subdivision 7, clauses (6) and
15.21 (7). Funds must be distributed to community
15.22 health boards according to Minnesota Statutes,
15.23 section 145A.131, subdivision 1;
15.24 (ii) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
15.25 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
15.26 TANF fund for decreasing racial and ethnic
15.27 disparities in infant mortality rates under
15.28 Minnesota Statutes, section 145.928,
15.29 subdivision 7;
15.30 (iii) $4,978,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
15.31 $4,978,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
15.32 TANF fund for the family home visiting grant
15.33 program under Minnesota Statutes, section
15.34 145A.17. $4,000,000 of the funding in fiscal
15.35 year 2024 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025
16.1 must be distributed to community health
16.2 boards under Minnesota Statutes, section
16.3 145A.131, subdivision 1. $978,000 of the
16.4 funding in fiscal year 2024 and $978,000 in
16.5 fiscal year 2025 must be distributed to Tribal
16.6 governments under Minnesota Statutes, section
16.7 145A.14, subdivision 2a;
16.8 (iv) $1,156,000 in fiscal year 2024 and
16.9 $1,156,000 in fiscal year 2025 are from the
16.10 TANF fund for sexual and reproductive health
16.11 services grants under Minnesota Statutes,
16.12 section 145.925; and
16.13 (v) the commissioner may use up to 6.23
16.14 percent of the funds appropriated from the
16.15 TANF fund each fiscal year to conduct the
16.16 ongoing evaluations required under Minnesota
16.17 Statutes, section 145A.17, subdivision 7, and
16.18 training and technical assistance as required
16.19 under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17,
16.20 subdivisions 4 and 5.
16.21 (2) TANF Carryforward. Any unexpended
16.22 balance of the TANF appropriation in the first
16.23 year does not cancel but is available in the
16.24 second year.
16.25 (rr) Base level adjustments. The general fund
16.26 base is $197,644,000 $193,644,000 in fiscal
16.27 year 2026 and $195,714,000 $191,714,000 in
16.28 fiscal year 2027. The health care access fund
16.29 base is $53,354,000 in fiscal year 2026 and
16.30 $50,962,000 in fiscal year 2027.
16.31 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
16.32 $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
16.33 the general fund to the commissioner of health for a grant program for women's pregnancy
17.1 centers and maternity homes under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.909. Of these
17.2 appropriations:
17.3 (1) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are for grants to
17.4 women's pregnancy centers and administration of those grants; and
17.5 (2) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are for grants to
17.6 maternity homes and administration of those grants.
