1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying the provider tax
1.3 	paid by federally qualified health centers and rural
1.4 	health clinics; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER AND RURAL
1.7 	HEALTH CLINICS GRANTS.
 1.8 	The commissioner of human services shall provide grants to
1.9 	federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics
1.10 	equal to the percentage of the provider tax imposed under
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 295.50 to 295.59, for the previous
1.12 	calendar year multiplied by the payments made to each health
1.13 	clinic in the previous calendar year for medical assistance and
1.14 	MinnesotaCare recipients who are eligible for federal matching
1.15 	funds.  The grants shall be distributed by April 15 of each year
1.16 	beginning April 15, 2005.

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.19 	commissioner of human services for the biennium beginning July
1.20 	1, 2005, for the purposes of section 1.