1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2150, the delete everything amendment
1.2(A14-0976), as follows:
1.3Page 12, delete section 8 and insert:

1.4    "Sec. 8. GRANT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS MINORITY HEALTH
1.5DISPARITIES.
1.6    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
1.7have the meanings given.
1.8(b) "Dementia" means a condition ascribed within the brain that leads to confusion,
1.9lack of focus, and decreased memory.
1.10(c) "Education activities" means providing materials related to health care topics
1.11in ethnic specific languages through materials including, but not limited to, Web sites,
1.12brochures, flyers, and other similar vehicles.
1.13(d) "Minority populations" means racial and ethnic groups including, but not limited
1.14to, African Americans, Native Americans, Hmong, Asians, and other similar groups.
1.15(e) "Outreach" means the active pursuit of people within the minority groups
1.16through specific and targeted activities to contact individuals who may not regularly
1.17be contacted by health care professionals.
1.18    Subd. 2. Grants; distribution. The commissioner of health shall distribute grant
1.19funds to grantees for the following purposes:
1.20(1) dementia education and training to specific minority and under-represented
1.21groups;
1.22(2) an training conference related to immigrant and refugee mental health issues; and
1.23(3) other programs, as prioritized by the commissioner, relating to health disparities
1.24in minority populations, including, but not limited to, a Somali women-led prevention
1.25health care agency located in Minnesota focused on minority women's health disparities.
2.1    Subd. 3. Grants; administration. Grant applicants shall submit applications
2.2to the commissioner of health as directed by a request for proposals. Grants must be
2.3competitively awarded and recipients of a grant under this section must prepare and
2.4submit a quarterly progress report to the commissioner beginning three months after
2.5receipt of the grant. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance and program
2.6support as needed, including, but not limited to, assurance that minority individuals with
2.7dementia are effectively identified, mitigated, and evaluated by grantees.
2.8    Subd. 4. Dementia education and training grant; eligible activities for dementia
2.9outreach. (a) Within the limits of available appropriations, the commissioner shall make
2.10a grant to a nonprofit organization with expertise in providing outreach, education, and
2.11training on dementia, Alzheimers, and other related disabilities within specific minority
2.12and under-represented groups.
2.13(b) The grantee must conduct the following activities:
2.14(1) providing and making available educational materials to the general public
2.15as well as specific minority populations;
2.16(2) promoting awareness of dementia related resources and educational materials; and
2.17(3) promoting the use of materials within health care organizations."
2.18Page 142, line 24, delete "72,335,000" and insert "72,035,000"
2.19Page 142, line 26, delete "71,766,000" and insert "71,466,000"
2.20Page 144, line 20, delete "400,000" and insert "100,000"
2.21Page 145, line 21, delete "1,416,000" and insert "1,716,000"
2.22Page 145, line 24, delete "1,694,000" and insert "1,994,000"
2.23Page 145, line 30, delete "1,519,000" and insert "1,819,000"
2.24Page 146, after line 7, insert:
2.25"Minority health disparity grants.
2.26 $100,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $475,000
2.27in fiscal year 2015 is for the commissioner
2.28of health to begin implementing
2.29recommendations of the health equity
2.30report under Laws 2013, chapter 108, article
2.3112, section 102. Funds must be distributed
2.32as follows:
2.33(1) $100,000 in fiscal year 2014 and
2.34$100,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for dementia
2.35outreach education and training grants
3.1targeting minority communities under article
3.21, section 8;
3.3(2) $75,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for planning
3.4and conducting a training conference on
3.5immigrant and refugee mental health issues.
3.6The conference shall include an emphasis
3.7on mental health concerns in the Somali
3.8community. Conference planning shall
3.9include input from the Somali community
3.10and other stakeholders. This is a onetime
3.11appropriation;
3.12(3) up to $150,000 in fiscal year 2015 is
3.13for additional grants, including but not
3.14limited to a grant to a Somali women-led
3.15health care agency. Grantees must use
3.16community-based, participatory research to
3.17address health inequities and provide services
3.18through culturally specific, minority-centered
3.19programs; and
3.20(4) the commissioner shall use remaining
3.21funds for redesigning agency grant making
3.22to advance health equity, assuring that
3.23health equity and the analysis of structural
3.24inequities become integral aspects of all
3.25agency divisions and programs, and awarding
3.26additional grants to address health equity
3.27issues.
3.28Funding in this section is onetime and shall
3.29not become pat of base funding."
3.30Page 146, delete lines 8 to 12
3.31Page 146, delete lines 21 to 30
3.32Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.33Amend the title accordingly