1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for a study and predesign of a 
1.3 	Native American juvenile treatment center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NATIVE AMERICAN JUVENILE TREATMENT CENTER; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PREDESIGN.
 1.7 	$100,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human 
1.8 	services to conduct a feasibility study of and to predesign a Native American juvenile 
1.9 	treatment center on or near the White Earth Reservation. The facility must house and treat 
1.10 	Native American juveniles and provide culturally specific programming to juveniles 
1.11 	placed in the treatment center. The commissioner may contract with parties who have 
1.12 	experience in the design and construction of juvenile treatment centers to assist in the 
1.13 	feasibility study and predesign. On or before January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall 
1.14 	present the results of the feasibility study and the predesign of the facility to the chairs 
1.15 	of house and senate committees having jurisdiction over human services finance, public 
1.16 	safety finance, and capital investment.