Bill Text: MN SF2330 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Abortion alternatives grant program agency eligibility modification
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - HF substituted on General Orders HF2676 [SF2330 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2330-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; modifying eligibility for grants;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.32010, section 145.4235, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 145.4235, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Eligibility for grants. (a) The commissioner shall award grants to eligible
1.8applicants under paragraph (c) for the reasonable expenses of alternatives to abortion
1.9programs to support, encourage, and assist women in carrying their pregnancies to term
1.10and caring for their babies after birth by providing information on, referral to, and
1.11assistance with securing necessary services that enable women to carry their pregnancies
1.12to term and care for their babies after birth. Necessary services must include, but are
1.13not limited to:
1.14(1) medical care;
1.15(2) nutritional services;
1.16(3) housing assistance;
1.17(4) adoption services;
1.18(5) education and employment assistance, including services that support the
1.19continuation and completion of high school;
1.20(6) child care assistance; and
1.21(7) parenting education and support services.
1.22An applicant may not provide or assist a woman to obtain adoption services from a
1.23provider of adoption services that is not licensed.
2.1(b) In addition to providing information and referral under paragraph (a), an eligible
2.2program may provide one or more of the necessary services under paragraph (a) that
2.3assists women in carrying their pregnancies to term. To avoid duplication of efforts,
2.4grantees may refer to other public or private programs, rather than provide the care
2.5directly, if a woman meets eligibility criteria for the other programs.
2.6(c) To be eligible for a grant, an agency or organization must:
2.7(1) be a private, nonprofit organization;
2.8(2) demonstrate that the program is conducted under appropriate supervision;
2.9(3) not charge women for services provided under the program;
2.10(4) provide each pregnant woman counseled with accurate information on the
2.11developmental characteristics of babies and of unborn children, including offering the
2.12printed information described in section145.4243 ;
2.13(5) ensure that its alternatives-to-abortion program's purpose is to assist and
2.14encourage women in carrying their pregnancies to term and to maximize their potentials
2.15thereafter;
2.16(6) ensure that none of the money provided is used to encourage or affirmatively
2.17counsel a woman to have an abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to provide her an
2.18abortion, or to directly refer her to an abortion provider for an abortion. The agency or
2.19organization may provide nondirective counseling; and
2.20(7) have had the alternatives to abortion program in existence for at least one year
2.21as of July 1,2005 2011; or incorporated an alternative to abortion program that has been
2.22in existence for at least one year as of July 1,2005 2011.
2.23(d) The provisions, words, phrases, and clauses of paragraph (c) are inseverable
2.24from this subdivision, and if any provision, word, phrase, or clause of paragraph (c) or
2.25its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity applies to all
2.26of this subdivision.
2.27(e) An organization that provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers to
2.28an abortion provider for an abortion is ineligible to receive a grant under this program. An
2.29affiliate of an organization that provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers
2.30to an abortion provider for an abortion is ineligible to receive a grant under this section
2.31unless the organizations are separately incorporated and independent from each other. To
2.32be independent, the organizations may not share any of the following:
2.33(1) the same or a similar name;
2.34(2) medical facilities or nonmedical facilities, including but not limited to, business
2.35offices, treatment rooms, consultation rooms, examination rooms, and waiting rooms;
2.36(3) expenses;
3.1(4) employee wages or salaries; or
3.2(5) equipment or supplies, including but not limited to, computers, telephone
3.3systems, telecommunications equipment, and office supplies.
3.4(f) An organization that receives a grant under this section and that is affiliated
3.5with an organization that provides abortion services must maintain financial records
3.6that demonstrate strict compliance with this subdivision and that demonstrate that
3.7its independent affiliate that provides abortion services receives no direct or indirect
3.8economic or marketing benefit from the grant under this section.
3.9(g) The commissioner shall approve any information provided by a grantee on the
3.10health risks associated with abortions to ensure that the information is medically accurate.
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from February 1, 2012.
1.32010, section 145.4235, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 145.4235, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Eligibility for grants. (a) The commissioner shall award grants to eligible
1.8applicants under paragraph (c) for the reasonable expenses of alternatives to abortion
1.9programs to support, encourage, and assist women in carrying their pregnancies to term
1.10and caring for their babies after birth by providing information on, referral to, and
1.11assistance with securing necessary services that enable women to carry their pregnancies
1.12to term and care for their babies after birth. Necessary services must include, but are
1.13not limited to:
1.14(1) medical care;
1.15(2) nutritional services;
1.16(3) housing assistance;
1.17(4) adoption services;
1.18(5) education and employment assistance, including services that support the
1.19continuation and completion of high school;
1.20(6) child care assistance; and
1.21(7) parenting education and support services.
1.22An applicant may not provide or assist a woman to obtain adoption services from a
1.23provider of adoption services that is not licensed.
2.1(b) In addition to providing information and referral under paragraph (a), an eligible
2.2program may provide one or more of the necessary services under paragraph (a) that
2.3assists women in carrying their pregnancies to term. To avoid duplication of efforts,
2.4grantees may refer to other public or private programs, rather than provide the care
2.5directly, if a woman meets eligibility criteria for the other programs.
2.6(c) To be eligible for a grant, an agency or organization must:
2.7(1) be a private, nonprofit organization;
2.8(2) demonstrate that the program is conducted under appropriate supervision;
2.9(3) not charge women for services provided under the program;
2.10(4) provide each pregnant woman counseled with accurate information on the
2.11developmental characteristics of babies and of unborn children, including offering the
2.12printed information described in section
2.13(5) ensure that its alternatives-to-abortion program's purpose is to assist and
2.14encourage women in carrying their pregnancies to term and to maximize their potentials
2.15thereafter;
2.16(6) ensure that none of the money provided is used to encourage or affirmatively
2.17counsel a woman to have an abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to provide her an
2.18abortion, or to directly refer her to an abortion provider for an abortion. The agency or
2.19organization may provide nondirective counseling; and
2.20(7) have had the alternatives to abortion program in existence for at least one year
2.21as of July 1,
2.22in existence for at least one year as of July 1,
2.23(d) The provisions, words, phrases, and clauses of paragraph (c) are inseverable
2.24from this subdivision, and if any provision, word, phrase, or clause of paragraph (c) or
2.25its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity applies to all
2.26of this subdivision.
2.27(e) An organization that provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers to
2.28an abortion provider for an abortion is ineligible to receive a grant under this program. An
2.29affiliate of an organization that provides abortions, promotes abortions, or directly refers
2.30to an abortion provider for an abortion is ineligible to receive a grant under this section
2.31unless the organizations are separately incorporated and independent from each other. To
2.32be independent, the organizations may not share any of the following:
2.33(1) the same or a similar name;
2.34(2) medical facilities or nonmedical facilities, including but not limited to, business
2.35offices, treatment rooms, consultation rooms, examination rooms, and waiting rooms;
2.36(3) expenses;
3.1(4) employee wages or salaries; or
3.2(5) equipment or supplies, including but not limited to, computers, telephone
3.3systems, telecommunications equipment, and office supplies.
3.4(f) An organization that receives a grant under this section and that is affiliated
3.5with an organization that provides abortion services must maintain financial records
3.6that demonstrate strict compliance with this subdivision and that demonstrate that
3.7its independent affiliate that provides abortion services receives no direct or indirect
3.8economic or marketing benefit from the grant under this section.
3.9(g) The commissioner shall approve any information provided by a grantee on the
3.10health risks associated with abortions to ensure that the information is medically accurate.
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from February 1, 2012.
