1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; changing a provision for federally qualified health centers;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 145.9269, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 145.9269, subdivision 2, 
1.6 	is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Allocation of subsidies. The commissioner of health shall distribute 
1.8 	subsidies to federally qualified health centers operating in Minnesota to continue, expand, 
1.9 	and improve federally qualified health center services to low-income populations. The 
1.10 	commissioner shall distribute the funds appropriated under this section to federally 
1.11 	qualified health centers operating in Minnesota as of January 1, 2007. The amount of 
1.12 	each subsidy shall be in proportion to each federally qualified health center's amount of 
1.13 	discounts granted to patients during the most recent calendar year ~~2006~~ as reported on the 
1.14 	federal Uniform Data System report in conformance with the Bureau of Primary Health 
1.15 	Care Program Expectations Policy Information Notice 98-23, except that each eligible 
1.16 	federally qualified health center shall receive at least two percent but no more than 30 
1.17 	percent of the total amount of money available under this section.