Bill Text: MN HF3030 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Immigrant and refugee mental health conference planning and conduction money appropriated to the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Finance [HF3030 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3030-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to health; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for the
1.3planning and conducting of a conference on immigrant and refugee mental
1.4health issues.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. APPROPRIATION; IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE MENTAL
1.7HEALTH CONFERENCE.
1.8$75,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.9of health for planning and conducting a training conference on immigrant and refugee
1.10mental health issues. The training conference shall include a special emphasis on mental
1.11health concerns in the Somali immigrant community. The input of Somali and other
1.12immigrant community representatives, mental health advocates, and other stakeholders
1.13shall be sought during the planning of the training conference for identifying issues,
1.14research findings, and potential speakers.
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