| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; appropriating money for sudden unexplained death in childhood |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 research grants; requiring reports. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SUDC RESEARCH. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7of health to award competitive grants to applicants for research into sudden unexplained |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8death in childhood (SUDC). The commissioner of health shall administer the grant program, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9including identifying promising research and innovations, developing grant outcomes and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10objectives with the goal of increasing understanding of the causes of SUDC and preventing |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11such deaths, reviewing applications, and selecting grant recipients. Up to $....... may be used |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12by the commissioner for grants to the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13or other similar organizations to award and administer competitive grants to applicants for |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14research into SUDC under this section. This is a onetime appropriation. Notwithstanding |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, unencumbered balances under this section do not cancel |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16until June 30, 2029. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17the commissioner of health, the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18other similar organizations may use up to a total of five percent of this appropriation for |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19administrative costs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (b) Grants shall be awarded to support medical research related to SUDC. Research |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21topics may include but are not limited to the causes of sudden unexplained death in childhood, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22the risk factors associated with SUDC, and strategies to prevent such deaths. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-00351 as introduced01/13/25 REVISOR SGS/EN |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 1342NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KLEIN and Wiklund) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading02/13/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (c) Eligible applicants for the grants are research facilities, universities, and health |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2systems located in Minnesota. Applicants must submit proposals to the commissioner or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation, if applicable, in the time, form, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4and manner established by the commissioner. Applicants may coordinate research endeavors |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5and submit a joint application. When reviewing the proposals, the commissioner and the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation, if applicable, shall attempt to avoid |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7approving a grant for an applicant whose research is duplicative of an existing grantee's |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8research. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9 (d) Beginning January 15, 2026, and annually thereafter until January 15, 2030, the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10commissioner shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11committees with jurisdiction over health policy and finance a report specifying the applicants |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12receiving grants under this section, the amount of each grant, the purposes for which the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13grant funds were used, and the amount of the appropriation that is unexpended. The report |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14must also include relevant findings, results, and outcomes of the grant program, and any |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15other information which the commissioner deems significant or useful. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 25-00351 as introduced01/13/25 REVISOR SGS/EN |
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