S.F. No. 3635 Summary

• Modifies appropriations to the Minnesota Commissioner of Health for the biennium under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 18, section 3, subdivision 2.

• Allocates $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $6,000,000 plus additional unspecified amount in fiscal year 2019 from the general fund for evidence-based home visiting programs to families with young children, with at least 75 percent dedicated to evidence-based programs and up to 25 percent for targeted home visiting programs.

• Establishes a general fund base of $16,500,000 in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for evidence-based and targeted home visiting services through community health boards, nonprofits, and tribal nations.

• Appropriates funds for multiple health initiatives including safe harbor services for sexually exploited youth ($250,000 per year), palliative care advisory council ($44,000 per year), opioid abuse prevention ($1,028,000), and federally qualified health center subsidies ($500,000 per year).

• Adjusts base funding levels for health care access fund, with health care access fund base set at $36,858,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $36,258,000 in fiscal year 2021.