1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for school-linked mental health 
1.3 	grants delivered by telemedicine; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	human services, available until expended, for grants for four pilot projects to deliver 
1.8 	school-linked mental health services by telemedicine. The grants are for new or existing 
1.9 	providers and must be two pilot projects in greater Minnesota, one in the seven-county 
1.10 	metropolitan area excluding Minneapolis and St. Paul, and one in Minneapolis or St. Paul. 
1.11 	The commissioner shall report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over mental 
1.12 	health issues on the effectiveness of the pilot projects six months after funds appropriated 
1.13 	under this section are expended.