Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF3136 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public health; requiring establishment of a task force on prevention of
3	3	1.3 female genital mutilation; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing
4	4	1.4 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. [144.3875] TASK FORCE ON PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL
7	7	1.7MUTILATION.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Task force established.The commissioner of health, in consultation
9	9	1.9with the commissioner of public safety, must establish and administer a task force to
10	10	1.10strengthen education and outreach on the harms caused by female genital mutilation and to
11	11	1.11coordinate and strengthen enforcement of state and federal laws prohibiting female genital
12	12	1.12mutilation.
13	13	1.13 Subd. 2.Membership; chairperson.The commissioner must appoint up to 15 members
14	14	1.14to the task force. Task force members must include survivors of female genital mutilation,
15	15	1.15leaders of Minnesota communities in which female genital mutilation has been practiced
16	16	1.16as a traditional or religious practice, public health professionals, and law enforcement
17	17	1.17personnel. The commissioner must appoint members to the task force by November 1, 2025,
18	18	1.18and the commissioner must convene the first meeting of the task force by January 1, 2026.
19	19	1.19At the task force's first meeting and annually thereafter, members of the task force must
20	20	1.20elect a chairperson from among its members.
21	21	1.21 Subd. 3.Terms, compensation, removal of members, expiration, meetings.Terms,
22	22	1.22compensation, and removal of members are governed by section 15.059. Notwithstanding
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0508903/28/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 3136
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Franson, Hussein, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Bahner, Mahamoud and others04/07/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1section 15.059, this task force does not expire. The task force must meet at least four times
33	33	2.2per year and may meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson.
34	34	2.3 Subd. 4.Duties.The task force must:
35	35	2.4 (1) develop strategies to provide the public and communities impacted by female genital
36	36	2.5mutilation with accurate medical and legal information about female genital mutilation and
37	37	2.6the criminal penalties and other impacts for parents and guardians who consent to female
38	38	2.7genital mutilation for a child;
39	39	2.8 (2) raise public awareness about the physical and emotional harms caused by female
40	40	2.9genital mutilation by:
41	41	2.10 (i) developing partnerships to educate students in an age-appropriate manner in elementary
42	42	2.11schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary institutions; and
43	43	2.12 (ii) developing partnerships to educate health care providers, mental health providers,
44	44	2.13and law enforcement personnel;
45	45	2.14 (3) provide information to the public and communities impacted by female genital
46	46	2.15mutilation on state law that requires reasonable efforts to provide culturally appropriate
47	47	2.16services to prevent removal of a child and promote family reunification if the child's interests,
48	48	2.17health, and safety can be assured;
49	49	2.18 (4) improve data collection and coordination regarding female genital mutilation among
50	50	2.19state and local law enforcement agencies, the Departments of Public Safety and Health, and
51	51	2.20local health departments;
52	52	2.21 (5) develop and recommend resources to protect children from female genital mutilation
53	53	2.22and support families in their efforts to protect children from community pressure to have
54	54	2.23female genital mutilation performed; and
55	55	2.24 (6) perform other duties as determined by the task force.
56	56	2.25 Subd. 5.Meeting space; administrative support.The commissioner must provide
57	57	2.26meeting space and administrative support to the task force.
58	58	2.27 Subd. 6.Annual report.The commissioner of health, in consultation with the
59	59	2.28commissioner of public safety, must annually report on the activities of the task force to
60	60	2.29the governor, the attorney general, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the
61	61	2.30legislative committees with jurisdiction over public health and public safety. The report
62	62	2.31shall contain information on the education provided and outreach engaged in on female
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0508903/28/25 3.1genital mutilation in Minnesota. Section 144.05, subdivision 7, does not apply to reports
65	65	3.2required under this subdivision.
66	66	3.3 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
67	67	3.4 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
68	68	3.5fund to the commissioner of health for purposes of the task force on prevention of female
69	69	3.6genital mutilation under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.3875.
70	70	3Sec. 2.
71	71	REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0508903/28/25