HELENA, MT | by Staff Reports | July 5, 2019
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Community health centers in Montana will share a $520,000 grant to help cover operating costs, a U.S. senator said this week.
The money will be used for essentials like electronic medical records, telehealth, and statewide health information systems, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Wednesday. The grant will be administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Tester noted these facilities are often the only health care providers that people rely on in many parts of rural Montana. He said the Community Health Center Fund expired in September 2017 and lapsed until February 2018, when he was able to broker a deal to secure two years’ worth of funding.
“These resources mean that folks across the state will continue to have access to the critical, affordable health care they need and deserve,” Tester said in a news release.
Tester said he introduced the Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act, which mandates annual increases in community health center funding for the next five years.
Montana is home to more than 60 community health center delivery sites that serve more than 100,000 patients a year.
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