1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; removing the prohibition on nursing facility settings from 
1.3 	receiving medical education and research costs funding;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, section 62J.692, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 62J.692, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions 
1.8 	apply:
1.9 	(b) "Accredited clinical training" means the clinical training provided by a medical 
1.10 	education program that is accredited through an organization recognized by the Department 
1.11 	of Education, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or another national body 
1.12 	who reviews the accrediting organizations for multiple disciplines and whose standards for 
1.13 	recognizing accrediting organizations are reviewed and approved by the commissioner of 
1.14 	health.
1.15 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
1.16 	(d) "Clinical medical education program" means the accredited clinical training of 
1.17 	physicians (medical students and residents), doctor of pharmacy practitioners, doctors of 
1.18 	chiropractic, dentists, advanced practice nurses (clinical nurse specialists, certified registered 
1.19 	nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives), physician assistants, 
1.20 	dental therapists and advanced dental therapists, psychologists, clinical social workers, 
1.21 	community paramedics, and community health workers.
2.1 	(e) "Sponsoring institution" means a hospital, school, or consortium located in Minnesota 
2.2 	that sponsors and maintains primary organizational and financial responsibility for a clinical 
2.3 	medical education program in Minnesota and which is accountable to the accrediting body.
2.4 	(f) "Teaching institution" means a hospital, medical center, clinic, or other organization 
2.5 	that conducts a clinical medical education program in Minnesota.
2.6 	(g) "Trainee" means a student or resident involved in a clinical medical education 
2.7 	program.
2.8 	(h) "Eligible trainee FTE's" means the number of trainees, as measured by full-time 
2.9 	equivalent counts, that are at training sites located in Minnesota with currently active medical 
2.10 	assistance enrollment status and a National Provider Identification (NPI) number where 
2.11 	training occurs in either an inpatient or ambulatory patient care setting and where the training 
2.12 	is funded, in part, by patient care revenues. Training that occurs in nursing facility settings 
2.13 	is not eligible for funding under this section.