HF 2628

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/18/2016 04:37pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; establishing the greater Minnesota family medicine residency
program; establishing a grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [144.1912] GREATER MINNESOTA FAMILY MEDICINE
RESIDENCY GRANT PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given.
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new text begin (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
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new text begin (c) "Eligible family medicine residency program" means a program that meets the
following criteria:
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new text begin (1) is located in Minnesota outside the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in
section 473.121, subdivision 4;
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new text begin (2) is accredited as a family medicine residency program or is a candidate for
accreditation;
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new text begin (3) is focused on the education and training of family medicine physicians to serve
communities outside the metropolitan area; and
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new text begin (4) demonstrates that over the most recent three years, at least 25 percent of its
graduates practice in Minnesota communities outside the metropolitan area.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Program administration. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall award family
medicine residency grants to existing, eligible, not-for-profit family medicine residency
programs to support current and new residency positions. Funds shall be allocated first to
proposed new family medicine residency positions, and remaining funds shall be allocated
proportionally based on the number of existing residents in eligible programs. The
commissioner may fund a new residency position for up to three years.
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new text begin (b) Grant funds awarded may only be spent to cover the costs of:
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new text begin (1) establishing, maintaining, or expanding training for family medicine residents;
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new text begin (2) recruitment, training, and retention of residents and faculty;
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new text begin (3) travel and lodging for residents; and
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new text begin (4) faculty, resident, and preceptor salaries.
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new text begin (c) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant any other government or private funds
available for these purposes.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Applications. new text end

new text begin Eligible family medicine residency programs seeking a
grant must apply to the commissioner. The application must include objectives, a related
work plan and budget, a description of the number of new and existing residency positions
that will be supported using grant funds, and additional information the commissioner
determines to be necessary. The commissioner shall determine whether applications are
complete and responsive and may require revisions or additional information before
awarding a grant.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Program oversight. new text end

new text begin The commissioner may require and collect from
family medicine residency programs receiving grants any information necessary to
administer and evaluate the program.
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Sec. 2. new text begin GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the
commissioner of health to award grants for the greater Minnesota family medicine
residency grant program. Base level funding for the 2018-2019 biennium shall be
$1,000,000 each fiscal year.
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