Bill Text: MN SF2136 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program establishment and appropriation
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF2136 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2136-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; establishing the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program;
1.3appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.4chapter 145.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [145.929] SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016 GRANT PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Program requirements. (a) The commissioner of health shall
1.8establish the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program to provide access to dental care
1.9for at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved areas of Minnesota.
1.10The grant is available to nonprofit agencies that provide mobile dental care with less than
1.1120 employees. To be eligible for a grant, a provider agency must:
1.12(1) encourage early screening and preventative care by providing dental exams for
1.13children one year of age;
1.14(2) provide mobile dental center to urban and rural at-risk areas to provide dental
1.15services to at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved urban and
1.16rural areas;
1.17(3) provide preventative dental care including fluoride monitoring, screenings, and
1.18minor dental treatment; and general dental care, education, and information.
1.19(b) Grantees must report their dental health outcomes to the commissioner by
1.20December 31, 2018.
1.21 Subd. 2. Expiration. This section expires December 31, 2018.
1.22 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016.
2.1$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
2.2fiscal year 2015 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2016 for the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016
2.3grant program in section 1. The appropriations in this section are available until expended.
1.3appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.4chapter 145.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [145.929] SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016 GRANT PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Program requirements. (a) The commissioner of health shall
1.8establish the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program to provide access to dental care
1.9for at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved areas of Minnesota.
1.10The grant is available to nonprofit agencies that provide mobile dental care with less than
1.1120 employees. To be eligible for a grant, a provider agency must:
1.12(1) encourage early screening and preventative care by providing dental exams for
1.13children one year of age;
1.14(2) provide mobile dental center to urban and rural at-risk areas to provide dental
1.15services to at-risk children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in underserved urban and
1.16rural areas;
1.17(3) provide preventative dental care including fluoride monitoring, screenings, and
1.18minor dental treatment; and general dental care, education, and information.
1.19(b) Grantees must report their dental health outcomes to the commissioner by
1.20December 31, 2018.
1.21 Subd. 2. Expiration. This section expires December 31, 2018.
1.22 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SMILE HEALTHY MINNESOTA 2016.
2.1$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
2.2fiscal year 2015 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2016 for the Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016
2.3grant program in section 1. The appropriations in this section are available until expended.
