as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 08/21/2015 12:28pm
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:
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(a) $140,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $280,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 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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(b) The appropriation under this section shall be used:
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(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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(2) to prepare fellows to practice addiction medicine in rural and underserved areas
of the state.
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(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
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