HF 1283

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/01/2021 04:38pm

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; appropriating money for the addiction medicine
graduate medical education fellowship program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin ADDICTION MEDICINE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
FELLOWSHIP; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $240,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of the Office of Higher Education for transfer to the Hennepin County Medical Center to
support up to four physicians enrolled in an addiction medicine fellowship program.
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new text begin (b) The appropriation under this section shall be used:
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new text begin (1) to train fellows in: (i) diagnostic interviewing; (ii) motivational interviewing; (iii)
addiction counseling; (iv) recognition and care of common acute withdrawal syndromes
and complications; (v) pharmacotherapies of addictive disorders; (vi) epidemiology and
pathophysiology of addiction; (vii) identification and treatment of addictive disorders in
special populations; (viii) secondary interventions; (ix) the use of screening and diagnostic
instruments; (x) inpatient care; and (xi) working within a multidisciplinary team; and
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new text begin (2) to prepare fellows to practice addiction medicine in rural and underserved areas of
the state.
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new text begin (c) This is a onetime appropriation.
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