1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to provide grants for the 
1.3 	purchase and distribution of prescription drug deactivation and disposal products; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEACTIVATION AND 
1.7 	DISPOSAL.
 1.8 	$1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health, for the 
1.9 	biennium ending June 30, 2019, to provide grants to pharmacists and other prescription 
1.10 	drug dispensers, health care providers, local law enforcement, local health and human 
1.11 	services departments, and other entities to purchase omnidegradeable, at-home prescription 
1.12 	drug deactivation and disposal products to assist individuals in the disposal of prescription 
1.13 	drugs in a safe, environmentally sound manner. Grant recipients must provide these 
1.14 	deactivation and disposal products free of charge to members of the public.