H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9B.7A of S.L. 2023-134 requires the Office of Rural Health (ORH), Division of Central Management, Department of Health and Human Services, to allocate $5 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and $15 million in funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund to award competitive grants to rural healthcare providers to purchase the infrastructure necessary for establishing telehealth services. ORH must report on the grants to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.