1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2361 as follows:
1.2Page 2, after line 14, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH EQUITY.
1.4(a) $250,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.5commissioner of health for competitive grants to community organizations including, but
1.6not limited to, a Somali women-led prevention health care agency located in Minnesota,
1.7to address women's health inequities. Grantees must use community-based participatory
1.8research to address women's health inequities experienced by minority women and
1.9provide services through culturally specific, women-centered programs in order to: (1)
1.10improve and increase women's access to maternal health programs, access to preventive
1.11care, reduce infant mortality, and increase health literacy; and (2) allow communities of
1.12color to address specific health issues affecting their communities that will improve health
1.13outcomes for women. The commissioner, in consultation with the grantees, must develop
1.14a methodology to measure program outcomes.
1.15(b) Interested organizations must apply to the commissioner on the forms and
1.16according to the timelines established by the commissioner.
1.17(c) The commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
1.18legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services policy and finance
1.19on the program outcomes by January 15, 2016.
1.20(d) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, this is a onetime
1.21appropriation and is available until expended."
1.22Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.23Amend the title accordingly