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:
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(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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(b) The appropriation under this section shall be used:
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(1) to train fellows in:
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(i) diagnostic interviewing;
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(ii) motivational interviewing;
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(iii) addiction counseling;
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(iv) recognition and care of common acute withdrawal syndromes and complications;
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(v) pharmacotherapies of addictive disorders;
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(vi) epidemiology and pathophysiology of addiction;
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(vii) identification and treatment of addictive disorders in special populations;
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(viii) secondary interventions;
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(ix) the use of screening and diagnostic instruments;
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(x) inpatient care; and
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(xi) working within a multidisciplinary team; and
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(2) to prepare fellows to practice addiction medicine in rural and underserved areas of
the state.
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