Section 145.8821 Accountability - 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.

History:

1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 9