250.20 Health disparities reduction or elimination.
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250.20 Health disparities reduction or elimination.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“African American” means a person whose ancestors originated in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
(b)“American Indian” means a person who is enrolled as a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or who possesses documentation of at least one-fourth American Indian ancestry or documentation of tribal recognition as an American Indian.
(c)“Asian” means a person whose ancestors originated in Asia south and southeast of the Himalayas and west of Wallace’s Line in the Malay Archipelago.
(d)“Economically disadvantaged” means having an income that is at or below 125 percent of the poverty line.
(e)“Hispanic” means a person of any race whose ancestors originated in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central America or South America or whose culture or origin is Spanish.
(f)“Inter-tribal organization” means an organization or association of tribes or tribal agencies.
(g)“Minority group member” means any of the following:
1. An African American.
2. An American Indian.
3. A Hispanic.
4. An Asian.
(h)“Nonprofit corporation” means a nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103
(17).
(i)“Other agencies and organizations” means agencies of local, state and federal governments and private organizations that are not inter-tribal organizations or tribal agencies.
(j)“Poverty line” means the nonfarm federal poverty line for the continental United States, as defined in 42 USC 9902 (2).