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

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO 
1.6 	PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
 1.7 	$2,500,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.9 	grants to programs that provide employment support services to persons with mental illness 
1.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 268A.14. Of this amount, $1,500,000 
1.11 	each year is for program expansion and shall be prioritized first to expanding the program 
1.12 	to areas of the state without an existing program, and then to expanding existing programs.