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