MN HF3114

Establishes comprehensive school-based health centers as safety-net health care delivery models located in or near schools providing medical care, preventive services, behavioral health, and other services to all students regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status.

Requires the commissioner of health to contract with the Minnesota School-Based Health Alliance to sustain the school-based health center network and coordinate with the Departments of Health, Education, and Human Services to advance education and growth opportunities.

Authorizes the Minnesota School-Based Health Alliance to provide technical assistance, maintain unified data sets, convene forums on school-based health care, develop workforce training opportunities, and establish relationships between school districts and sponsoring organizations.

Directs the commissioner to administer a grants program providing funding to sponsoring organizations (health care providers, community clinics, hospitals, federally qualified health centers, foundations, higher education institutions, and local health departments) that operate school-based health centers in partnership with schools or districts.

Appropriates $1,400,000 in fiscal year 2023: $500,000 for the Minnesota School-Based Health Alliance contract and $900,000 for grants to sustaining and expanding school-based health centers.