1.1.................... moves to amend S.F. No. 1272, the third engrossment, as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [144.9513] HEALTHY HOUSING GRANTS.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section and sections 144.9501 to
1.5144.9512, the following terms have the meanings given.
1.6(a) "Housing" means a room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming
1.7a single habitable unit with facilities used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
1.8cooking, and eating.
1.9(b) "Healthy housing" means housing that is sited, designed, built, renovated, and
1.10maintained in ways that supports the health of residents.
1.11(c) "Housing-based health threat" means a chemical, biologic, or physical agent
1.12in the immediate housing environment, including toxic lead, mold, radon, and indoor
1.13allergens and contaminants in carpets, which constitutes a potential or actual hazard to
1.14human health at acute or chronic exposure levels.
1.15(d) "Primary prevention" means preventing exposure to housing-based health threats
1.16before seeing clinical symptoms or a diagnosis.
1.17(e) "Secondary prevention" means intervention to mitigate health effects on people
1.18with housing-based health threats.
1.19    Subd. 2. Grants; administration. Grant applicants shall submit applications to
1.20the commissioner as directed by a request for proposals. Grants must be competitively
1.21awarded and recipients of a grant under this section must prepare and submit a quarterly
1.22progress report to the commissioner beginning three months after receipt of the grant. The
1.23commissioner shall provide technical assistance and program support as needed to ensure
1.24that housing-based health threats are effectively identified, mitigated, and evaluated by
1.25grantees.
1.26    Subd. 3. Healthy housing implementation grants, eligible activities. (a) Within
1.27the limits of available appropriations, the commissioner shall make grants to support
2.1implementation of healthy housing programs to local boards of health, community
2.2action agencies under section 256E.31, and nonprofit organizations with expertise in
2.3providing outreach, education, and training on healthy housing subjects and in providing
2.4comprehensive healthy housing assessments and interventions.
2.5(b) The grantee may conduct any of the following activities:
2.6(1) implement and maintain primary prevention programs to reduce housing-based
2.7health threats that include the following:
2.8(i) providing education materials to the general public and to property owners,
2.9contractors, code officials, health care providers, public health professionals, health
2.10educators, nonprofit organizations, and other persons and organizations engaged in
2.11housing and health issues;
2.12(ii) promoting awareness of community, legal, and housing resources; and
2.13(iii) promoting the use of hazard reduction measures in new housing construction
2.14and housing rehabilitation programs;
2.15(2) provide training on identifying and addressing housing-based health threats;
2.16(3) provide technical assistance on the implementation of mitigation measures;
2.17(4) promote adoption of evidence-based best practices for mitigation of
2.18housing-based health threats;
2.19(5) develop work practices for addressing specific housing-based health threats;
2.20(6) identify, characterize, and mitigate hazards in housing that contribute to adverse
2.21health outcomes;
2.22(7) ensure screen services and other secondary prevention measures are provided to
2.23populations at high risk for housing-related health threats;
2.24(8) promote compliance with Department of Health guidelines and other best
2.25practices, as identified by the commissioner, for preventing or reducing housing-based
2.26health threats;
2.27(9) establish local or regional collaborative groups to ensure that resources for
2.28addressing housing-based health threats are coordinated; or
2.29(10) develop model programs for addressing housing-based health threats.
2.30    Subd. 4. Toxic mold standards. The commissioner shall develop and implement
2.31standards for the toxicity levels of mold.

2.32    Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.33(a) $100,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the
2.34commissioner of health for lead poisoning prevention and healthy homes activities under
3.1Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.9501 to 144.9513, and are added to the program's base
3.2funding.
3.3(b) $400,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the
3.4commissioner of health for healthy housing implementation grants under Minnesota
3.5Statutes, section 144.9513, subdivision 3, and are added to the program's base funding.
3.6The commissioner is encouraged to geographically balance the distribution of the grant
3.7funding between the seven county metropolitan area and non-metropolitan communities."
3.8Amend the title accordingly