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144.1465 FINDING AND PURPOSE.
The legislature finds that rural hospitals are an integral part of the health care delivery
system and are fundamental to the development of a sound rural economy. The legislature further
finds that access to rural health care must be assured to all Minnesota residents. The rural health
care system is undergoing a restructuring that threatens to jeopardize access in rural areas to
quality health services. To assure continued rural health care access the legislature proposes to
establish a grant program to assist rural hospitals and their communities with the development
of strategic plans and transition projects, provide subsidies for geographically isolated hospitals
facing closure, and examine the problem of recruitment and retention of rural physicians, nurses,
and other allied health care professionals.
History: 1990 c 568 art 2 s 6
The legislature finds that rural hospitals are an integral part of the health care delivery
system and are fundamental to the development of a sound rural economy. The legislature further
finds that access to rural health care must be assured to all Minnesota residents. The rural health
care system is undergoing a restructuring that threatens to jeopardize access in rural areas to
quality health services. To assure continued rural health care access the legislature proposes to
establish a grant program to assist rural hospitals and their communities with the development
of strategic plans and transition projects, provide subsidies for geographically isolated hospitals
facing closure, and examine the problem of recruitment and retention of rural physicians, nurses,
and other allied health care professionals.
History: 1990 c 568 art 2 s 6
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