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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to health; establishing the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Force;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[145.8811] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ADVISORY TASK </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>FORCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition of task force.</b> The commissioner shall establish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>appoint a Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force consisting of 15 members <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>who will provide equal representation from:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(1) professionals with expertise in maternal and child health services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(2) representatives of community health boards as defined in section 145A.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 5; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(3) consumer representatives interested in the health of mothers and children.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>No members shall be employees of the Minnesota Department of Health. Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>15.059 governs the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>section 15.059, the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force expires June 30, 2015. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> The advisory task force shall meet on a regular basis to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>the following duties:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(1) review and report on the health care needs of mothers and children throughout <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>the state of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(2) review and report on the type, frequency, and impact of maternal and child health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>care services provided to mothers and children under existing maternal and child health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>care programs, including programs administered by the commissioner of health;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(3) establish, review, and report to the commissioner a list of program guidelines <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>and criteria which the advisory task force considers essential to providing an effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>maternal and child health care program to low-income populations and high-risk persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>and fulfilling the purposes defined in section 145.88;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(4) make recommendations to the commissioner for the use of other federal and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>funds available to meet maternal and child health needs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(5) make recommendations to the commissioner of health on priorities for funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>the following maternal and child health services:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(i) prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(ii) comprehensive health care for children, especially from birth through five <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>years of age;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(iii) adolescent health services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>(iv) family planning services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(v) preventive dental care;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(vi) special services for chronically ill and disabled children; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(vii) any other services that promote the health of mothers and children; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(6) establish, in consultation with the commissioner and the state Community Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>Advisory Committee established under section 145A.10, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>statewide outcomes that will improve the health status of mothers and children as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>in section 145A.12, subdivision 7.<br />
         		
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