1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money to develop a White Earth 
1.3 	Nation-specific digital therapy tool for substance use disorder services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WHITE EARTH NATION SUBSTANCE USE 
1.6 	DISORDER DIGITAL THERAPY TOOL.
 1.7 	$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of human services for a grant to the White Earth Nation to develop an individualized 
1.9 	Native-American-centric digital therapy tool with Pathfinder Solutions in order to decrease 
1.10 	substance use and overdose deaths. Grant funds must be used to:
1.11 	(1) develop a mobile app that is culturally tailored to connecting substance use disorder 
1.12 	resources with White Earth Nation members;
1.13 	(2) convene a planning circle with White Earth Nation members to design the tool;
1.14 	(3) provide and expand White Earth Nation-specific substance use disorder services; 
1.15 	and
1.16 	(4) partner with an appropriate academic research institution to evaluate the efficacy of 
1.17 	the program.