Bill Text: MN HF447 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Fetal alcohol syndrome reduction programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Author added Allen [HF447 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF447-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; appropriating money for programs related to reducing
1.3fetal alcohol syndrome.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1.6(a) $....... is appropriated for the biennium beginning July 1, 2014, from the general
1.7fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Minnesota Office of Fetal
1.8Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS). Of the grant money dispersed by MOFAS, at least $360,000
1.9must be used to support nonprofit fetal alcohol syndrome outreach programs in Olmsted
1.10County. Other grant recipients must be selected from communities which are not currently
1.11served by federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funds.
1.12(b) Grant money must be used to reduce the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome and
1.13fetal alcohol effects, and the number of drug-exposed infants. Grant money may be
1.14used for prevention and intervention services and programs, including, but not limited
1.15to, community grants, professional education, public awareness, and diagnosis. The
1.16organization may retain $....... of the grant money for administrative costs.
1.17(c) A grant recipient must report to the commissioner of human services annually
1.18by January 15 on the services and programs funded by the appropriation. The report
1.19must include measurable outcomes including the number of toxic-free babies born in
1.20the previous year.
1.3fetal alcohol syndrome.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1.6(a) $....... is appropriated for the biennium beginning July 1, 2014, from the general
1.7fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Minnesota Office of Fetal
1.8Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS). Of the grant money dispersed by MOFAS, at least $360,000
1.9must be used to support nonprofit fetal alcohol syndrome outreach programs in Olmsted
1.10County. Other grant recipients must be selected from communities which are not currently
1.11served by federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funds.
1.12(b) Grant money must be used to reduce the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome and
1.13fetal alcohol effects, and the number of drug-exposed infants. Grant money may be
1.14used for prevention and intervention services and programs, including, but not limited
1.15to, community grants, professional education, public awareness, and diagnosis. The
1.16organization may retain $....... of the grant money for administrative costs.
1.17(c) A grant recipient must report to the commissioner of human services annually
1.18by January 15 on the services and programs funded by the appropriation. The report
1.19must include measurable outcomes including the number of toxic-free babies born in
1.20the previous year.
