SF 1798

Introduction - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 03/18/2014 03:10 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to health; providing funds to eliminate health disparities of first
generation Somali women in Minnesota; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH EQUITY.
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new text begin $250,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2015 to a Somali
woman-led prevention health care agency located in Minnesota. This agency must use
community-based participatory research to address women's health inequities experienced
by first generation Somali women and provide services through culturally specific, Somali
women-centered programs in order to improve and increase women's access to maternal
health programs, access to preventive care, reduce infant mortality, and increase health
literacy. This agency must develop a methodology to measure program outcomes.
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