2003 Minnesota Statutes

     145.8821 Accountability. 

    (a) Coordinating with the statewide outcomes established 
 under section 145A.12, subdivision 7, and with accountability 
 measures outlined in section 145A.131, subdivision 7, each 
 community health board that receives money under section 
 145.882, subdivision 3, shall select by February 1, 2005, and 
 every five years thereafter, up to two statewide maternal and 
 child health outcomes. 

    (b) For the period January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2005, 
 each community health board must work toward the Healthy People 
 2010 goal to reduce the state's percentage of low birth weight 
 infants.  

    (c) The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate whether 
 each community health board has made sufficient progress toward 
 the selected outcomes established in paragraph (b) and under 
 section 145A.12, subdivision 7. 

    (d) Community health boards shall provide the commissioner 
 with annual information necessary to evaluate progress toward 
 selected statewide outcomes and to meet federal reporting 
 requirements. 

    HIST: 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 9