1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to provide grants for 
1.3 	prescription drug deactivation and disposal; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GRANTS FOR DRUG DEACTIVATION AND DISPOSAL; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the 
1.8 	general fund to the commissioner of health to provide grants to pharmacists and other 
1.9 	prescription drug dispensers, local public health and human services agencies, local law 
1.10 	enforcement, health care providers, and other entities to purchase omnidegradable, at-home 
1.11 	prescription drug deactivation and disposal products to assist the public in the disposal of 
1.12 	prescription drugs in a safe, environmentally sound manner. A grant recipient must provide 
1.13 	these deactivation and disposal products free of charge to members of the public.