1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; appropriating money for the at-home infant child care 
1.3 	program; reducing the appropriation for basic sliding fee child care assistance 
1.4 	grants;amending Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5, 
1.5 	as amended.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by 
1.8 	Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 6, section 1, is amended to read:

1.9	Subd. 5.Grant Programs
 					
1.10 	The amounts that may be spent from this 
1.11 	appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

1.12	(a) Support Services Grants

1.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.14	General
	13,133,000
	8,715,000
	
1.15	Federal TANF
	96,311,000
	96,311,000

1.16
1.17	(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
Grants
		48,439,000
		51,559,000
.....
	
1.18 	Basic Sliding Fee Waiting List Allocation. 
1.19 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.20 	119B.03, $5,413,000 in fiscal year 2016 is to 
1.21 	reduce the basic sliding fee program waiting 
1.22 	list as follows:
2.1 	(1) The calendar year 2016 allocation shall 
2.2 	be increased to serve families on the waiting 
2.3 	list. To receive funds appropriated for this 
2.4 	purpose, a county must have:
2.5 	(i) a waiting list in the most recent published 
2.6 	waiting list month; 
2.7 	(ii) an average of at least ten families on the 
2.8 	most recent six months of published waiting 
2.9 	list; and 
2.10 	(iii) total expenditures in calendar year 
2.11 	2014 that met or exceeded 80 percent of the 
2.12 	county's available final allocation.
2.13 	(2) Funds shall be distributed proportionately 
2.14 	based on the average of the most recent six 
2.15 	months of published waiting lists to counties 
2.16 	that meet the criteria in clause (1).
2.17 	(3) Allocations in calendar years 2017 
2.18 	and beyond shall be calculated using the 
2.19 	allocation formula in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.20 	section 119B.03.
2.21 	(4) The guaranteed floor for calendar year 
2.22 	2017 shall be based on the revised calendar 
2.23 	year 2016 allocation. 
2.24 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
2.25 	base is increased by $810,000 in fiscal year 
2.26 	2018 and increased by $821,000 in fiscal 
2.27 	year 2019.

2.28	(c) Child Care Development Grants
		1,737,000
		1,737,000

2.29	(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
		50,000
		50,000

2.30	(e) Children's Services Grants

2.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.32	General
	39,015,000
	38,665,000
	
2.33	Federal TANF
	140,000
	140,000
	
3.1 	Safe Place for Newborns. $350,000 from 
3.2 	the general fund in fiscal year 2016 is to 
3.3 	distribute information on the Safe Place 
3.4 	for Newborns law in Minnesota to increase 
3.5 	public awareness of the law. This is a 
3.6 	onetime appropriation.
3.7 	Child Protection. $23,350,000 in fiscal year 
3.8 	2016 and $23,350,000 in fiscal year 2017 
3.9 	are to address child protection staffing and 
3.10 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.11 	256M.41. $1,650,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
3.12 	$1,650,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for child 
3.13 	protection grants to address child welfare 
3.14 	disparities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.15 	256E.28. 
3.16 	Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional 
3.17 	federal reimbursement to the state as a result 
3.18 	of the Fostering Connections to Success 
3.19 	and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded 
3.20 	eligibility for title IV-E adoption assistance 
3.21 	is appropriated to the commissioner 
3.22 	for postadoption services, including a 
3.23 	parent-to-parent support network. 
3.24 	Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants. 
3.25 	Federal funds available during fiscal years 
3.26 	2016 and 2017 for adoption incentive 
3.27 	grants are appropriated to the commissioner 
3.28 	for postadoption services, including a 
3.29 	parent-to-parent support network.

3.30	(f) Children and Community Service Grants
		56,301,000
		56,301,000

3.31	(g) Children and Economic Support Grants
		26,778,000
		26,966,000
	
3.32 	Mobile Food Shelf Grants. (a) $1,000,000 
3.33 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in 
3.34 	fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to Hunger 
4.1 	Solutions. This is a onetime appropriation 
4.2 	and is available until June 30, 2017.
4.3 	(b) Hunger Solutions shall award grants of 
4.4 	up to $75,000 on a competitive basis. Grant 
4.5 	applications must include:
4.6 	(1) the location of the project;
4.7 	(2) a description of the mobile program, 
4.8 	including size and scope;
4.9 	(3) evidence regarding the unserved or 
4.10 	underserved nature of the community in 
4.11 	which the project is to be located;
4.12 	(4) evidence of community support for the 
4.13 	project;
4.14 	(5) the total cost of the project;
4.15 	(6) the amount of the grant request and how 
4.16 	funds will be used;
4.17 	(7) sources of funding or in-kind 
4.18 	contributions for the project that will 
4.19 	supplement any grant award; 
4.20 	(8) a commitment to mobile programs by the 
4.21 	applicant and an ongoing commitment to 
4.22 	maintain the mobile program; and
4.23 	(9) any additional information requested by 
4.24 	Hunger Solutions.
4.25 	(c) Priority may be given to applicants who:
4.26 	(1) serve underserved areas;
4.27 	(2) create a new or expand an existing mobile 
4.28 	program;
4.29 	(3) serve areas where a high amount of need 
4.30 	is identified;
5.1 	(4) provide evidence of strong support for the 
5.2 	project from citizens and other institutions in 
5.3 	the community;
5.4 	(5) leverage funding for the project from 
5.5 	other private and public sources; and
5.6 	(6) commit to maintaining the program on a 
5.7 	multilayer basis.
5.8 	Homeless Youth Act. At least $500,000 of 
5.9 	the appropriation for the Homeless Youth 
5.10 	Act must be awarded to providers in greater 
5.11 	Minnesota, with at least 25 percent of this 
5.12 	amount for new applicant providers. The 
5.13 	commissioner shall provide outreach and 
5.14 	technical assistance to greater Minnesota 
5.15 	providers and new providers to encourage 
5.16 	responding to the request for proposals.
5.17 	Stearns County Veterans Housing. 
5.18 	$85,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $85,000 
5.19 	in fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to 
5.20 	Stearns County to provide administrative 
5.21 	funding in support of a service provider 
5.22 	serving veterans in Stearns County. The 
5.23 	administrative funding grant may be used to 
5.24 	support group residential housing services, 
5.25 	corrections-related services, veteran services, 
5.26 	and other social services related to the service 
5.27 	provider serving veterans in Stearns County.
5.28 	Safe Harbor. $800,000 in fiscal year 2016 
5.29 	and $800,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from 
5.30 	the general fund for emergency shelter and 
5.31 	transitional and long-term housing beds for 
5.32 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
5.33 	sexual exploitation. Of this appropriation, 
5.34 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 in 
5.35 	fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund for 
6.1 	statewide youth outreach workers connecting 
6.2 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
6.3 	sexual exploitation with shelter and services.
6.4 	Minnesota Food Assistance Program. 
6.5 	Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food 
6.6 	assistance program for fiscal year 2016 do 
6.7 	not cancel but are available for this purpose 
6.8 	in fiscal year 2017. 
6.9 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
6.10 	base is decreased by $816,000 in fiscal year 
6.11 	2018 and is decreased by $606,000 in fiscal 
6.12 	year 2019.

6.13	(h) Health Care Grants

6.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.15	General
	536,000
	2,482,000
	
6.16	Health Care Access
	3,341,000
	3,465,000
	
6.17 	Grants for Periodic Data Matching for 
6.18 	Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. 
6.19 	Of the general fund appropriation, $26,000 
6.20 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,276,000 in fiscal 
6.21 	year 2017 are for grants to counties for 
6.22 	costs related to periodic data matching 
6.23 	for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare 
6.24 	recipients under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.25 	section 256B.0561. The commissioner 
6.26 	must distribute these grants to counties in 
6.27 	proportion to each county's number of cases 
6.28 	in the prior year in the affected programs.
6.29 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
6.30 	base is increased by $1,637,000 in fiscal year 
6.31 	2018 and increased by $1,229,000 in fiscal 
6.32 	year 2019.

6.33	(i) Other Long-Term Care Grants
		1,551,000
		3,069,000
	
7.1 	Transition Populations. $1,551,000 in fiscal 
7.2 	year 2016 and $1,725,000 in fiscal year 2017 
7.3 	are for home and community-based services 
7.4 	transition grants to assist in providing home 
7.5 	and community-based services and treatment 
7.6 	for transition populations under Minnesota 
7.7 	Statutes, section 256.478.
7.8 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
7.9 	base is increased by $156,000 in fiscal year 
7.10 	2018 and by $581,000 in fiscal year 2019.

7.11	(j) Aging and Adult Services Grants
		28,463,000
		28,162,000
	
7.12 	Dementia Grants. $750,000 in fiscal year 
7.13 	2016 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2017 
7.14 	are for the Minnesota Board on Aging for 
7.15 	regional and local dementia grants authorized 
7.16 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 256.975, 
7.17 	subdivision 11.

7.18	(k) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
		2,225,000
		2,375,000
	
7.19 	Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard-of-Hearing 
7.20 	Grants. $350,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
7.21 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for deaf 
7.22 	and hard-of-hearing grants. The funds 
7.23 	must be used to increase the number of 
7.24 	deafblind Minnesotans receiving services 
7.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 256C.261, 
7.26 	and to provide linguistically and culturally 
7.27 	appropriate mental health services to children 
7.28 	who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. 
7.29 	This is a onetime appropriation.
7.30 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
7.31 	base is decreased by $500,000 in fiscal year 
7.32 	2018 and by $500,000 in fiscal year 2019.

7.33	(l) Disabilities Grants
		20,820,000
		20,858,000
	
8.1 	State Quality Council. $573,000 in fiscal 
8.2 	year 2016 and $600,000 in fiscal year 
8.3 	2017 are for the State Quality Council to 
8.4 	provide technical assistance and monitoring 
8.5 	of person-centered outcomes related to 
8.6 	inclusive community living and employment. 
8.7 	The funding must be used by the State 
8.8 	Quality Council to assure a statewide plan 
8.9 	for systems change in person-centered 
8.10 	planning that will achieve desired outcomes 
8.11 	including increased integrated employment 
8.12 	and community living.

8.13	(m) Adult Mental Health Grants

8.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.15	General
	69,992,000
	71,244,000
	
8.16	Health Care Access
	1,575,000
	2,473,000
	
8.17	Lottery Prize
	1,733,000
	1,733,000
	
8.18 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
8.19 	year's appropriation for adult mental health 
8.20 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
8.21 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
8.22 	31.
8.23 	Culturally Specific Mental Health 
8.24 	Services. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for 
8.25 	grants to nonprofit organizations to provide 
8.26 	resources and referrals for culturally specific 
8.27 	mental health services to Southeast Asian 
8.28 	veterans born before 1965 who do not qualify 
8.29 	for services available to veterans formally 
8.30 	discharged from the United States armed 
8.31 	forces.
8.32 	Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year 
8.33 	2016 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 
8.34 	from the lottery prize fund for a grant to the 
8.35 	state affiliate recognized by the National 
9.1 	Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate 
9.2 	must provide services to increase public 
9.3 	awareness of problem gambling, education, 
9.4 	and training for individuals and organizations 
9.5 	providing effective treatment services to 
9.6 	problem gamblers and their families, and 
9.7 	research related to problem gambling.
9.8 	Sustainability Grants. $2,125,000 in fiscal 
9.9 	year 2016 and $2,125,000 in fiscal year 2017 
9.10 	are for sustainability grants under Minnesota 
9.11 	Statutes, section 256B.0622, subdivision 11.
9.12 	Beltrami County Mental Health Services 
9.13 	Grant. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
9.14 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
9.15 	general fund for a grant to Beltrami County 
9.16 	to fund the planning and development of 
9.17 	a comprehensive mental health services 
9.18 	program under article 2, section 41, 
9.19 	Comprehensive Mental Health Program 
9.20 	in Beltrami County. This is a onetime 
9.21 	appropriation.
9.22 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
9.23 	base is increased by $723,000 in fiscal year 
9.24 	2018 and by $723,000 in fiscal year 2019. 
9.25 	The health care access fund base is decreased 
9.26 	by $1,723,000 in fiscal year 2018 and by 
9.27 	$1,723,000 in fiscal year 2019.

9.28	(n) Child Mental Health Grants
		23,386,000
		24,313,000
	
9.29 	Services and Supports for First Episode 
9.30 	Psychosis. $177,000 in fiscal year 2017 is 
9.31 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.32 	245.4889, to mental health providers to pilot 
9.33 	evidence-based interventions for youth at risk 
9.34 	of developing or experiencing a first episode 
9.35 	of psychosis and for a public awareness 
10.1 	campaign on the signs and symptoms of 
10.2 	psychosis. The base for these grants is 
10.3 	$236,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $301,000 in 
10.4 	fiscal year 2019.
10.5 	Adverse Childhood Experiences. The base 
10.6 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.7 	245.4889, to children's mental health and 
10.8 	family services collaboratives for adverse 
10.9 	childhood experiences (ACEs) training 
10.10 	grants and for an interactive Web site 
10.11 	connection to support ACEs in Minnesota is 
10.12 	$363,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $363,000 in 
10.13 	fiscal year 2019.
10.14 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
10.15 	year's appropriation for child mental health 
10.16 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
10.17 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
10.18 	31.
10.19 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
10.20 	base is increased by $422,000 in fiscal year 
10.21 	2018 and is increased by $487,000 in fiscal 
10.22 	year 2019.

10.23
10.24	(o) Chemical Dependency Treatment Support 
Grants
		1,561,000
		1,561,000
	
10.25 	Chemical Dependency Prevention. 
10.26 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 
10.27 	in fiscal year 2017 are for grants to 
10.28 	nonprofit organizations to provide chemical 
10.29 	dependency prevention programs in 
10.30 	secondary schools. When making grants, the 
10.31 	commissioner must consider the expertise, 
10.32 	prior experience, and outcomes achieved 
10.33 	by applicants that have provided prevention 
10.34 	programming in secondary education 
10.35 	environments. An applicant for the grant 
11.1 	funds must provide verification to the 
11.2 	commissioner that the applicant has available 
11.3 	and will contribute sufficient funds to match 
11.4 	the grant given by the commissioner. This is 
11.5 	a onetime appropriation.
11.6 	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grants. $250,000 
11.7 	in fiscal year 2016 and $250,000 in fiscal year 
11.8 	2017 are for grants to be administered by the 
11.9 	Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol 
11.10 	Syndrome to provide comprehensive, 
11.11 	gender-specific services to pregnant and 
11.12 	parenting women suspected of or known 
11.13 	to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs. 
11.14 	This appropriation is for grants to no fewer 
11.15 	than three eligible recipients. Minnesota 
11.16 	Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
11.17 	must report to the commissioner of human 
11.18 	services annually by January 15 on the 
11.19 	grants funded by this appropriation. The 
11.20 	report must include measurable outcomes for 
11.21 	the previous year, including the number of 
11.22 	pregnant women served and the number of 
11.23 	toxic-free babies born.
11.24 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
11.25 	base is decreased by $150,000 in fiscal year 
11.26 	2018 and by $150,000 in fiscal year 2019.

11.27 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 11.28 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
11.29 	commissioner of human services for purposes of the at-home infant child care program 
11.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035.
11.31 	(b) This appropriation replaces a portion of the fiscal year 2017 appropriation for 
11.32 	basic sliding fee child care assistance grants.