1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requesting the Board of Regents of the University of 
1.3 	Minnesota provide embedded mental health counselors; appropriating money;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [137.375] EMBEDDED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AT THE 
1.7 	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
1.8 	It is requested that the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota provide embedded 
1.9 	counseling services in each undergraduate college or school in the University of Minnesota 
1.10 	system. This type of mental health model, known as the embedded model, places mental 
1.11 	health counselors inside the schools allowing the counselor to address the specific and 
1.12 	unique needs of the students in the respective colleges and tailor services and consultation 
1.13 	to each college or school.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.15 	$....... in fiscal year 2024 and $....... in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the general 
1.16 	fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of section 1.