MN HF3360

Creates a substance use disorder services grant program administered by the Commissioner of Health to provide grants to individuals and organizations in greater Minnesota for establishing, enhancing, or continuing evidence-based substance use disorder services, with priority given to high-crime areas, areas with disadvantaged youth, and underserved populations.

Establishes a local violence prevention grant program administered by the Office of Justice Programs to award grants to local units of government and tribal governments to reduce gun violence through evidence-based strategies that interrupt, intervene in, or respond to violence.

Creates a domestic abuse transformation grant program administered by the Office of Justice Programs to award grants to programs demonstrating effective programming to reduce and eliminate domestic abuse within intimate partner relationships.

Requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to report by December 31, 2021, and the Commissioner of Health to report by October 1, 2021, on grant program activities including number of requests, request origins, and amounts awarded.

Appropriates $10.1 million in fiscal year 2021: $7.1 million to the Commissioner of Public Safety for Office of Justice Programs ($2 million domestic abuse, $2.1 million local violence prevention, $2 million violent crime enforcement teams, $1 million youth intervention); $1 million to the Peace Officers Safety and Training Board; $1.5 million to the Commissioner of Health; and $500,000 to the Supreme Court for treatment courts.