1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money to financially assist individuals with 
1.3 	hepatitis C obtain access to hepatitis C medications.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEPATITIS C MEDICATIONS.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services to establish a program to assist 
1.8 	individuals who are not eligible for a state health care public program or Medicare and who 
1.9 	are uninsured or who have private insurance but need financial assistance to gain coverage 
1.10 	for or access to hepatitis C medications, including assistance with cost-sharing and 
1.11 	out-of-pocket costs for the medications.