2005 Minnesota Statutes

     145.881 Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force. 

    Subdivision 1.    Composition of task force.  The 
 commissioner shall establish and appoint a Maternal and Child 
 Health Advisory Task Force consisting of 15 members who will 
 provide equal representation from: 

    (1) professionals with expertise in maternal and child 
 health services; 

    (2) representatives of community health boards as defined 
 in section 145A.02, subdivision 5; and 

    (3) consumer representatives interested in the health of 
 mothers and children. 

    No members shall be employees of the state Department of 
 Health.  Section 15.059 governs the Maternal and Child Health 
 Advisory Task Force.  Notwithstanding section 15.059, the 
 Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force expires June 30, 
 2007. 

    Subd. 2.    Duties.  The advisory task force shall meet 
 on a regular basis to perform the following duties:  

    (a) review and report on the health care needs of mothers 
 and children throughout the state of Minnesota; 

    (b) review and report on the type, frequency and impact of 
 maternal and child health care services provided to mothers and 
 children under existing maternal and child health care programs, 
 including programs administered by the commissioner of health; 

    (c) establish, review, and report to the commissioner a 
 list of program guidelines and criteria which the advisory task 
 force considers essential to providing an effective maternal and 
 child health care program to low income populations and high 
 risk persons and fulfilling the purposes defined in section 
 145.88; 

    (d) make recommendations to the commissioner for the use of 
 other federal and state funds available to meet maternal and 
 child health needs; 

    (e) make recommendations to the commissioner of health on 
 priorities for funding the following maternal and child health 
 services:  

    (1) prenatal, delivery and postpartum care, 

    (2) comprehensive health care for children, especially from 
 birth through five years of age, 

    (3) adolescent health services, 

    (4) family planning services, 

    (5) preventive dental care, 

    (6) special services for chronically ill and handicapped 
 children and 

    (7) any other services which promote the health of mothers 
 and children; and 

    (f) establish, in consultation with the commissioner and 
 the state Community Health Advisory Committee established under 
 section 145A.10, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), statewide 
 outcomes that will improve the health status of mothers and 
 children as required in section 145A.12, subdivision 7. 

    HIST: 1982 c 431 s 2; 1983 c 312 art 4 s 1; 1987 c 209 s 32; 
 1987 c 309 s 24; 1997 c 192 s 25; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 46; 2002 c 
 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 7 s 45; art 8 s 3