Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 145 — Public Health Provisions
Section 145.883 — Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 145.882 and 145.883, 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. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32]
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 disabilities.
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. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32]
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 board. "Community health board" means a community health board established, operating, and eligible for a local public health grant under sections 145A.11 to 145A.131.
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; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 10,11; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 23; 2014 c 219 art 7 s 29; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109

Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 144 - 159 — Health

Chapter 145 — Public Health Provisions

Section 145.075 — Injunctive Relief Brought By Commissioner.

Section 145.131 — Findings And Purpose.

Section 145.135 — Uniform Determination Of Death Act.

Section 145.161 — Dissection; When Permitted.

Section 145.1621 — Disposition Of Aborted Or Miscarried Fetuses.

Section 145.1622 — Policy For Notification Of Disposition Options.

Section 145.267 — Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Grants.

Section 145.30 — Superintendent Of Hospitals To Transfer Records.

Section 145.31 — Copies To Be Used As Evidence.

Section 145.32 — Old Records May Be Destroyed.

Section 145.33 — Construction.

Section 145.36 — Exposing Person With Contagious Disease.

Section 145.365 — Trafficking In Skunks.

Section 145.37 — Manufacture Of Certain Products Which May Be Injurious.

Section 145.41 — Blood Donations, Age Of Donor.

Section 145.411 — Regulation Of Abortions; Definitions.

Section 145.412 — Criminal Acts.

Section 145.413 — Recording And Reporting Health Data.

Section 145.4131 — Recording And Reporting Abortion Data.

Section 145.4132 — Recording And Reporting Abortion Complication Data.

Section 145.4133 — Reporting Out-of-state Abortions.

Section 145.4134 — Commissioner's Public Report.

Section 145.4135 — Enforcement; Penalties.

Section 145.4136 — Severability.

Section 145.414 — Abortion Not Mandatory.

Section 145.415 — Live Fetus After Abortion, Treatment.

Section 145.416 — Licensing And Regulation Of Facilities.

Section 145.42 — Abortions; Nonliability For Refusal To Perform.

Section 145.421 — Human Conceptus, Living; Definitions.

Section 145.422 — Experimentation, Research Or Sale.

Section 145.423 — Abortion; Live Births.

Section 145.4235 — Positive Abortion Alternatives.

Section 145.424 — Prohibition Of Tort Actions.

Section 145.4241 — Definitions.

Section 145.4242 — Informed Consent.

Section 145.4243 — Printed Information.

Section 145.4244 — Internet Website.

Section 145.4245 — Procedure In Case Of Medical Emergency.

Section 145.4246 — Reporting Requirements.

Section 145.4247 — Remedies.

Section 145.4248 — Severability.

Section 145.4249 — Supreme Court Jurisdiction.

Section 145.425 — Pay Toilets In Public Places; Prohibitions; Penalty.

Section 145.471 — Prenatal Trisomy Diagnosis Awareness Act.

Section 145.4711 — Definitions.

Section 145.4712 — Emergency Care To Sexual Assault Victims.

Section 145.4713 — Complaints.

Section 145.4715 — Reporting Prevalence Of Sexual Violence.

Section 145.4716 — Safe Harbor For Sexually Exploited Youth.

Section 145.4717 — Regional Navigator Grants.

Section 145.4718 — Program Evaluation.

Section 145.56 — Suicide Prevention.

Section 145.61 — Definitions.

Section 145.62 — Providing Information To Review Organization; Immunity.

Section 145.63 — Review Organization; Advisory Capacity; Immunity.

Section 145.64 — Confidentiality Of Records Of Review Organization.

Section 145.65 — Guidelines Not Admissible In Evidence.

Section 145.66 — Penalty For Violation.

Section 145.67 — Protection Of Patient.

Section 145.671 — Pediatric Vaccine Administration.

Section 145.672 — Healthy Children Through Immunization.

Section 145.682 — Certification Of Expert Review; Affidavit.

Section 145.698 — Confinement Of Drug Dependent Person.

Section 145.711 — Definitions.

Section 145.712 — Requirements For Contact Lenses Prescriptions.

Section 145.713 — Optometrist And Physician Practices.

Section 145.7131 — Exception To Eyeglass Prescription Expiration.

Section 145.714 — Enforcement.

Section 145.851 — Definitions.

Section 145.852 — Identifying Devices For Persons Having Certain Conditions.

Section 145.853 — Duty Of Law Enforcement Officer.

Section 145.854 — Duty Of Medical Practitioners.

Section 145.855 — Duty Of Others.

Section 145.856 — Falsifying Identification Or Misrepresenting Condition; Penalty.

Section 145.857 — Other Duties.

Section 145.858 — Citation.

Section 145.867 — Persons Requiring Special Diets.

Section 145.87 — Home Visiting For Pregnant Women And Families With Young Children.

Section 145.88 — Purpose.

Section 145.8811 — Maternal And Child Health Advisory Task Force.

Section 145.882 — Maternal And Child Health Block Grant Distribution.

Section 145.8821 — Accountability.

Section 145.883 — Definitions.

Section 145.891 — Citation.

Section 145.892 — Definitions.

Section 145.893 — Nutritional Supplement Program.

Section 145.894 — State Commissioner Of Health; Duties, Responsibilities.

Section 145.895 — Department Of Human Services.

Section 145.896 — Program Not A Substitute Or Replacement.

Section 145.897 — Food Benefits.

Section 145.898 — Sudden Infant Death.

Section 145.899 — Wic Food Benefits For Organics.

Section 145.901 — Maternal Death Studies.

Section 145.902 — Give Life A Chance; Safe Place For Newborns Duties; Immunity.

Section 145.905 — Location For Breastfeeding.

Section 145.906 — Postpartum Depression Education And Information.

Section 145.907 — Maternal Depression; Definition.

Section 145.908 — Grant Program; Screening And Treatment For Pre- And Postpartum Mood And Anxiety Disorders.

Section 145.924 — Aids Prevention Grants.

Section 145.925 — Family Planning Grants.

Section 145.9255 — Minnesota Education Now And Babies Later; Health.

Section 145.9261 — Abstinence Education Grant Program.

Section 145.9265 — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Effects; Drug-exposed Infant.

Section 145.9266 — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Campaign And Education.

Section 145.9268 — Community Clinic Grants.

Section 145.9269 — Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Section 145.928 — Eliminating Health Disparities.

Section 145.929 — Health Care Grants For The Uninsured.

Section 145.93 — Minnesota Poison Information Centers; Establishment.

Section 145.94 — Exposure To Hazardous Substance.

Section 145.945 — Certain Sales Of Cleaning Products Prohibited.

Section 145.951 — Implementation Plan; Statewide Program For Families.

Section 145.952 — Definitions.

Section 145.953 — Program Structure.

Section 145.954 — Standards For Program.

Section 145.955 — Duties Of Local Organization.

Section 145.956 — Training And Recruitment Of Volunteers.

Section 145.957 — Eligibility.

Section 145.958 — Youth Violence Prevention.

Section 145.985 — Health Promotion And Wellness.

Section 145.986 — Statewide Health Improvement Program.