1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; establishing the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program; 
1.3 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 145.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [145.929] SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016 GRANT PROGRAM.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Program requirements. (a) The commissioner of health shall 
1.8 	establish the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program to provide access to dental care 
1.9 	for at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved areas of Minnesota. 
1.10 	The grant is available to nonprofit agencies that provide mobile dental care with less than 
1.11 	20 employees. To be eligible for a grant, a provider agency must:
1.12 	(1) encourage early screening and preventative care by providing dental exams for 
1.13 	children one year of age;
1.14 	(2) provide mobile dental center to urban and rural at-risk areas to provide dental 
1.15 	services to at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved urban and 
1.16 	rural areas;
1.17 	(3) provide preventative dental care including fluoride monitoring, screenings, and 
1.18 	minor dental treatment; and general dental care, education, and information.
1.19 	(b) Grantees must report their dental health outcomes to the commissioner by 
1.20 	December 31, 2018.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Expiration. This section expires December 31, 2018.

1.22 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016.
 2.1 	$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in 
2.2 	fiscal year 2015 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2016 for the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 
2.3 	grant program in section 1. The appropriations in this section are available until expended.