1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; restoring funding for
1.3 	certain long-term care programs; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAMS.
 1.6 	The following amounts are appropriated from the general
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of human services for the biennium
1.8 	ending June 30, 2007, to restore funding for the following
1.9 	programs:
1.10 	(1) $260,000 for SAIL project grants under Minnesota
1.11 	Statutes, section 256B.0917;
1.12 	(2) $822,000 for senior nutrition programs under Minnesota
1.13 	Statutes, section 256.9752;
1.14 	(3) $278,000 for the foster grandparents program under
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256.976;
1.16 	(4) $172,000 for the retired senior volunteer program under
1.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256.9753; and 
1.18 	(5) $178,000 for the senior companion program under
1.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256.977.
1.20 	The amount appropriated for each program shall become part
1.21 	of the base funding for that program for the biennium beginning
1.22 	July 1, 2007.