Minnesota Senate Bill SF1997 Introduced / Bill

                    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.​
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25-03597 as introduced​02/21/25 REVISOR SGS/AC​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1997​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON, Utke, Mann and Kupec)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​02/27/2025​
Referred to Health and Human Services​