1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to provide a grant to a 
1.3 	network of federally qualified health centers to support the development of 
1.4 	electronic health records; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. GRANT FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER 
1.7 	ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DEVELOPMENT.
 1.8 	$1,250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.9 	the general fund to the commissioner of health for a grant to Breakwater Health Network. 
1.10 	The entity awarded the grant must use the funding to identify a new electronic health record 
1.11 	(EHR) system and contract with a vendor for the purchase, testing, and implementation of 
1.12 	the EHR system. The new EHR system that is selected must be designed to: (1) improve 
1.13 	patient care and documentation, and allow the exchange of patient information with other 
1.14 	treating providers; (2) establish an equity framework that allows for the collection and use 
1.15 	of information on social determinants of health and integrates health care with other 
1.16 	community resources; (3) improve the patient and provider experience, improve population 
1.17 	health, and reduce health care costs; and (4) strengthen the security of patient health 
1.18 	information. This is a onetime appropriation.