1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health;
appropriating money for grants for lead risk assessments.
1.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.4 Section 1. APPROPRIATION;
GRANTS FOR LEAD RISK ASSESSMENTS.
1.5 (a) $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner
1.6 of health for grants
to the Minneapolis Health Department and the St. Paul-Ramsey County
1.7 Public Health
Department to conduct lead risk assessments under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.8 144.9504, for children
with elevated blood levels. Of this appropriation:
1.9 (1) $250,000 is for a
grant to the Minneapolis Health Department; and
1.10 (2) $250,000 is for a
grant to the St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health Department.
1.11 (b) The commissioner
must not use any of this appropriation for administration.