Establishes Health Equity Access and Leadership Fund; appropriates $25 million from General Fund, and allocates portion of Health Care Subsidy Fund.

This bill establishes the Health Equity Access and Leadership (HEAL) Fund, a separate non-lapsing dedicated account within the Health Care Subsidy Fund. The fund is to receive an appropriation of $25 million from the General Fund and a portion of the Health Care Subsidy Fund revenues. The Commissioner of Health is to use the HEAL Fund to distribute competitive grants to health care community-based organizations and service providers that provide essential health care services to underserved or underinsured patient populations and all patients regardless of various characteristics.

Establishes Health Equity Access and Leadership Fund; appropriates $25 million from General Fund, and allocates portion of Health Care Subsidy Fund.

This bill establishes the Health Equity Access and Leadership (HEAL) Fund, a separate non-lapsing dedicated account within the Health Care Subsidy Fund. The fund is to receive an appropriation of $25 million from the General Fund and a portion of the Health Care Subsidy Fund revenues. The Commissioner of Health is to use the HEAL Fund to distribute competitive grants to health care community-based organizations and service providers that provide essential health care services to underserved or underinsured patient populations and all patients regardless of various characteristics.