1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; establishing a grant program for 
  1.3             nursing facility technology rooms; appropriating 
  1.4             money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes, chapter 144A. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [144A.185] [TECHNOLOGY ROOM GRANT PROGRAM.] 
  1.8      (a) Within the limits of appropriations made specifically 
  1.9   for this purpose, the commissioner of health shall make grants 
  1.10  of up to $25,000 to nursing facilities to configure and equip 
  1.11  technology rooms that accommodate computers with access to the 
  1.12  Internet, printers, and related electronic equipment. 
  1.13     (b) Nursing facilities reimbursed under section 256B.431 
  1.14  may accept a grant under paragraph (a) without reporting the 
  1.15  grant as revenue, provided the expenditure of the grant funds is 
  1.16  not reported as a cost. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.18     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.19  commissioner of health for the purposes of section 1, to be 
  1.20  available until June 30, 2003.