1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for grants to prevent opioid overdoses in 
1.3 	Minnesota's American Indian communities.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; OPIOID OVERDOSES.
 1.6 	(a) $3,400,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of health to provide grants to Minnesota's 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and 
1.8 	two urban American Indian organizations to prevent opioid use and addiction in Minnesota's 
1.9 	American Indian communities. The grant recipients shall define the activities that best create 
1.10 	health in their communities, and identify and select strategies that will address the problem 
1.11 	of opioid use, addiction, and overdoses in Minnesota's American Indian communities.
1.12 	(b) $600,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.13 	of health to be used to provide Minnesota's Tribal Nations and urban American Indian 
1.14 	communities with support, data, and the tools necessary to achieve success in defining 
1.15 	solutions to address opioid addiction in Minnesota's American Indian communities. The 
1.16 	commissioner shall contract with a culturally specific or American Indian organization to 
1.17 	provide the technical assistance, grant management, and contract oversight for the grants 
1.18 	in paragraph (a).
1.19 	(c) The appropriations in paragraphs (a) and (b) are available until expended.