2002 Minnesota Statutes

     145.883 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For purposes of sections 
 145.881 to 145.888, the terms defined in this section shall have 
 the meanings given them.  

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of health.  

    Subd. 3.    Qualified program.  "Qualified program" 
 means a program with professional maternal and child health care 
 staff which is established for the purpose of providing one or 
 more essential services in maternal and child health care to 
 target populations of low income and high risk persons.  Nothing 
 in this subdivision shall imply that every person served must 
 take a means test.  

    Subd. 4.    Essential services.  "Essential services" 
 means (a) prenatal, delivery, and post partum care; (b) 
 comprehensive health care for children from birth through five 
 years of age; (c) adolescent health services; (d) family 
 planning services, as defined in section 145.925, subdivision 
 1a; (e) preventive dental care; or (f) special services for 
 chronically ill children and for handicapped children.  

    Subd. 5.    Low income.  "Low income" means an 
 individual or family income determined to be at or below 175 
 percent of the official poverty line established by the office 
 of management and budget and revised annually in accordance with 
 United States Code, title 42, section 9902, as amended.  With 
 respect to an individual who is a high risk person, "low income" 
 means that the income of the high risk person or the person's 
 family is determined to be at or below 200 percent of the 
 official poverty line established by the office of management 
 and budget and revised annually in accordance with United States 
 Code, title 42, section 9902, as amended, or determined to meet 
 the income eligibility requirements of medical assistance, 
 MinnesotaCare, or the special supplemental food program for 
 women, infants and children (WIC).  The commissioner shall 
 establish the low income level for eligibility for services to 
 children with handicaps.  

    Subd. 6.    High risk person.  "High risk person" means 
 a mother or child with a condition which significantly increases 
 the probability of disease, injury, death, or other adverse 
 health-related problem.  Determination that a condition results 
 in high risk shall be based on well-validated, scientific 
 studies.  

    Subd. 7.    Special project.  "Special project" means a 
 qualified program that receives maternal and child health block 
 grant money and is administered by a public or private nonprofit 
 agency other than the Minnesota department of health.  A special 
 project may not impose residency requirements, other than state 
 residence, as a condition of receiving essential services.  A 
 special project that can demonstrate a need to reduce services 
 as a result of high demand for these services from outside the 
 project's proposed service area may apply for additional funds. 
 Any special project providing statewide essential services may 
 serve a population that is low income or high risk.  

    Subd. 8.    Maternal and child health block grant money. 
  "Maternal and child health block grant money" means the money 
 received by the state from the federal maternal and child health 
 block grant.  The commissioner shall carry forward from state 
 fiscal year 1985, and succeeding years, only sufficient money 
 for qualified programs approved through the federal award period.

    Subd. 9.    Community health services area.  "Community 
 health services area" means a city, county, or multicounty area 
 that is organized as a community health board under section 
 145A.09 and for which a state subsidy is received under sections 
 145A.09 to 145A.13. 

    HIST: 1983 c 312 art 4 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 19 s 19,20; 1987 
 c 309 s 24-26; 1991 c 36 s 3; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 3 s 1