Relating to health; modifying the application and renewal provisions procedures for essential community provider status, setting the application fee; requiring health plan companies to cover interpreter services; requiring the commissioner of health to award grants to community clinics, federally qualified heal centers, community mental health centers, community dental clinics and nonprofit organizations provide public health nursing services to uninsured patients to improve the implementation and use of certain interoperable electronic health records; requiring the commissioner of human services to reimburse providers for administration of the influenza vaccine; requiring the commissioner to award grants to federally qualified heal centers, community clinics, community mental health centers, other safety net clinics and hospitals to provide information on the importance of maintaining insurance coverage and how to obtain insurance through MinnesotaCare; requiring the commissioner of health to study and recommend to governor and legislature by a certain date on design and operation of an uncompensated care fund; requiring the commissioner to award a grant to neighborhood healthcare network for costs maintaining and staffing a toll free health coverage information number; authorizing the commissioner of health to award grants to certain health care providers for a certain amount of unreimbursed costs; requiring commissioner of human services to present recommendations to legislature by a certain date on streamlining the MinnesotaCare application and enrollment process; appropriating money to commissioner of health and human services
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