HF 3552

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 05/03/2022 05:25pm

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

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) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for transfer to Hennepin County Medical
Center to support three physicians per year enrolled in an addiction medicine fellowship
program for five years, training a total of 15 physicians. This is a onetime appropriation.
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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:
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new text begin (i) diagnostic interviewing;
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new text begin (ii) motivational interviewing;
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new text begin (iii) addiction counseling;
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new text begin (iv) recognition and care of common acute withdrawal syndromes and complications;
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new text begin (v) pharmacotherapies of addictive disorders;
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new text begin (vi) epidemiology and pathophysiology of addiction;
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new text begin (vii) identification and treatment of addictive disorders in special populations;
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new text begin (viii) secondary interventions;
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new text begin (ix) the use of screening and diagnostic instruments;
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new text begin (x) inpatient care; and
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new text begin (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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