1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to programs to provide 
1.3 	employment support services to persons with mental illness.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 
1.6 	SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
 1.7 	$2,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the workforce development fund to 
1.8 	the commissioner of employment and economic development for grants to programs that 
1.9 	provide evidence-based employment support services to persons with mental illness under 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 268A.14. This appropriation is added to the base 
1.11 	and may be used to sustain current programs and expand programs to areas of the state 
1.12 	without an existing evidence-based employment support program and to expand existing 
1.13 	programs, including programs that do not currently receive state funding.