This bill creates the Outdoor Rx Program, which will award grants to applicants to fund outdoor therapy programs focused on outdoor recreation, environmental and ecological studies, agricultural resource-based activities, resource conservation stewardship, or restoration.  Applicants (state agencies, local governments, organizations, or individuals) must submit their application to an advisory committee who will make a suggestion to the chief, who will make a final decision.

This bill also creates the Outdoor Learning Grant Program in the Department of Natural Resources that will award grants to school districts for outdoor learning programs for 5-6th graders.

This bill appropriates $12,000,000 for both the Outdoor Rx Program and the Outdoor Learning Grant Program for the year 2021 from the General Revenue Fund.