Subdivision 1. Dental providers. (a) A dental provider is eligible for a grant under this section if:
(1) the provider is a nonprofit organization not affiliated with a hospital or medical group that offers free or reduced-cost oral health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275 percent of the federal poverty guidelines who do not have insurance coverage for oral health care services;
(2) the provider is eligible for critical access dental provider payments under section 256B.76, subdivision 4; and
(3) more than 80 percent of the dental provider's patient encounters per year are with patients who are uninsured or covered by medical assistance or MinnesotaCare.
(b) Grants shall be distributed by the commissioner of health to each eligible provider based on the proportion of that provider's number of low-income uninsured patients under the age of 21 served in the reporting year to the total number of low-income uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by all eligible providers, except that no single eligible provider shall receive less than two percent or more than 30 percent of the total appropriation provided under this subdivision. If the number of eligible providers is such that the minimum of two percent cannot be provided to each eligible provider, the commissioner shall limit eligibility for the subsidy to the top 20 eligible oral health providers.
Subd. 2. Community mental health programs. A community mental health program is eligible for a grant under this section if it is a community mental health center established under section 245.62, or a nonprofit community mental health clinic that is designated as an essential community provider under section 62Q.19, and the center or clinic offers free or reduced-cost mental health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275 percent of the federal poverty guidelines who do not have health insurance coverage. The grants shall be distributed by the commissioner of health to each eligible mental health center or clinic based on the proportion of that mental health center's or clinic's number of low-income uninsured patients under the age of 21 served in the reporting year to the total number of low-income uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by all mental health centers and clinics eligible for a grant under this subdivision, except that no single eligible provider shall receive less than two percent or more than 30 percent of the total appropriation provided under this subdivision.
Subd. 3. Emergency medical assistance outlier grant program. (a) The commissioner of health shall establish a grant program for hospitals for the purpose of defraying underpayments associated with the emergency medical assistance program. Grants shall be made for the services provided beginning July 1, 2014, to an individual who is enrolled in emergency medical assistance, and when an emergency medical assistance reimbursement claim is in excess of $50,000.
(b) Hospitals seeking a grant from this program must submit an application that includes the number and dollar amount of hospital claims for emergency medical assistance in excess of $50,000 to the commissioner in a form prescribed by the commissioner. Grant payments shall be in proportion to the total hospital emergency medical assistance claims submitted by all applicant hospitals each state fiscal year. Claims for inpatient hospital, outpatient services, and hospital emergency department services shall be considered when determining the value of the grants.
Subd. 4. Grant process. The commissioner of health may use data submitted by organizations seeking a grant under this section, without further verification, for purposes of determining eligibility for a grant and allocating grant money among eligible organizations. The chief executive or chief financial officer must certify that the data submitted is accurate and that no changes were made in the organization's accounting and record-keeping practices or policies for providing free or reduced-cost care to uninsured patients for the purpose of creating eligibility or increasing the organization's allocation. The commissioner may audit or verify the data submitted. Grant funds must be used to defray the organization's costs of providing care and services to uninsured patients as identified under subdivision 1, 2, or 3. An organization must not receive more than one grant under subdivision 1, 2, or 3, even though the organization is potentially eligible for a grant under two or more subdivisions. Organizations eligible for a grant under this section may join together to submit a combined application provided the data submitted is certified by each individual organization.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
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 145.4248 — 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 145.62 — 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 145.867 — Persons Requiring Special Diets.
Section 145.87 — Home Visiting For Pregnant Women And Families With Young Children.
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 145.892 — 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 145.924 — 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.