2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145A.14 — Special grants.

     145A.14 Special grants. 


    Subdivision 1.    Migrant health grants.  (a) The 
 commissioner may make special grants to cities, counties, groups 
 of cities or counties, or nonprofit corporations to establish, 
 operate, or subsidize clinic facilities and services, including 
 mobile clinics, to furnish health services for migrant 
 agricultural workers and their families in areas of the state 
 where significant numbers of migrant workers are located.  
 "Migrant agricultural worker" means any individual whose 
 principal employment is in agriculture on a seasonal basis, who 
 has been so employed within the past 24 months, and who has 
 established a temporary residence for the purpose of such 
 employment. 


    (b) Applicants must submit for approval a plan and budget 
 for the use of the funds in the form and detail specified by the 
 commissioner. 


    (c) Applicants must keep records, including records of 
 expenditures to be audited, as the commissioner specifies. 


    Subd. 2.    Indian health grants.  (a) The commissioner 
 may make special grants to establish, operate, or subsidize 
 clinic facilities and services to furnish health services for 
 American Indians who reside off reservations. 


    (b) Applicants must submit for approval a plan and budget 
 for the use of the funds in the form and detail specified by the 
 commissioner. 


    (c) Applicants must keep records, including records of 
 expenditures to be audited, as the commissioner specifies. 


    Subd. 2a.    Tribal governments.  (a) Of the funding 
 available for local public health grants, $1,500,000 per year is 
 available to tribal governments for: 


    (1) maternal and child health activities under section 
 145.882, subdivision 7; 


    (2) activities to reduce health disparities under section 
 145.928, subdivision 10; and 


    (3) emergency preparedness. 


    (b) The commissioner, in consultation with tribal 
 governments, shall establish a formula for distributing the 
 funds and developing the outcomes to be measured. 


    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32 


    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32 


    HIST: 1Sp1985 c 14 art 19 s 24; 1987 c 309 s 13,19,25; 1989 c 
 120 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 29,30