1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mental health; appropriating money for school-linked mental health 
1.3 	services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL HEALTH 
1.6 	SERVICES.
 1.7 	$1,500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of human services for children's mental health grants under Minnesota 
1.9 	Statutes, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (8), for current grantees to 
1.10 	expand access to school-linked mental health services and to provide training to grantees 
1.11 	on the use of evidence-based practices. $4,500,000 is added to the base for children's 
1.12 	mental health grants in fiscal year 2018.