Item Description:
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Approval of the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Services Plan and adoption of the 2026-2028 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Plan as submitted by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Services Plan as submitted by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., and on file with the Hennepin County Board Clerk, be approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 2026-2028 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Plan as submitted by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., and on file with the Hennepin County Board Clerk, be adopted.
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Background:
In 2017 Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. (HHS) amended Section 3.4 (ix) of the 5th Amended HHS Bylaws to allow synchronization of the reporting schedules for the Health Services Plan (HSP) and the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) so that the HSP would be submitted, in coordination with the CHNA, every three years versus annually. This amendment to the HHS Bylaws was subsequently submitted to the Hennepin County Board for approval resulting in the 6th Amended HHS Bylaws.
One of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners’ reserved powers over HHS, its public subsidiary corporation, is to approve or reject a health services plan that is prepared in coordination with the CHNA and implementation plan required by the Internal Revenue Code.
See, HHS Bylaws Section 3.4 (ix) and 26 U.S. Code § 501(r). The CHNA fulfills three aims: 1) it is a regulatory requirement for non-profit hospitals to maintain their non-profit tax status with the IRS, 2) it functions as Hennepin Healthcare Health Services Plan to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, and 3) it is Hennepin Healthcare’s public facing plan to the patients and community served by HHS to address their most significant health needs.
The 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Services Plan and adoption of the 2026-2028 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Plan was reviewed and recommended by the HHS Quality, Safety, Audit and Compliance Committee on November 13, 2025. Thereafter, it was again reviewed by HHS Board on November 18, 2025, and is recommended to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for final approval.
Current Request:
Approve the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Services Plan and adoption of the 2026-2028 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Plan as submitted by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval