1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; providing interventions and supports related to fetal alcohol
1.3 spectrum disorders; appropriating money for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-related
1.4 grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.9266, by adding a
1.5 subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.9266, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.8to read:
1.9 Subd. 8.Children and family interventions and supports.The commissioner of health
1.10shall administer grant funds to a statewide organization that focuses solely on prevention
1.11of and intervention with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. The grantee shall develop and
1.12implement programming or approaches to support and educate people living with a fetal
1.13alcohol spectrum disorder and their families and caregivers. The grantee shall provide
1.14resource navigation, individualized and group support, education, and opportunities for
1.15social connection for caregivers and people impacted by a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
1.16 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM
1.17DISORDER-RELATED GRANTS.
1.18 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
1.19the general fund to the commissioner of health for distribution of fetal alcohol spectrum
1.20disorder-related grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9266, subdivisions 1 to 3 and
1.218.
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR SGS/AC 25-0359702/21/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1984
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hicks, Backer, Bahner, Nadeau, Bierman and others03/06/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy