| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; establishing an occupational medicine residency grant program; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 144. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [144.1915] OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY GRANT |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7PROGRAM. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9the meanings given. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (c) "Occupational medicine residency program" means a program that: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) is located in Minnesota; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) is accredited as an occupational medicine residency program or is a candidate for |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14accreditation; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (3) trains medical residents in the specialty of occupational medicine. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 Subd. 2.Program administration.(a) The commissioner must award occupational |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17medicine residency grants to existing, eligible, not-for-profit occupational medicine residency |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18programs to support existing and new residency positions. Funds must be allocated first to |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19proposed new residency positions for occupational medicine, and remaining funds must be |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20allocated proportionally based on the number of existing residents in eligible programs. The |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21commissioner may fund a new residency position for up to three years. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-01732 as introduced01/02/25 REVISOR SGS/MI |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1573NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MANN and Klein) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/20/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (b) Grant funds awarded under this section may only be spent to cover the costs of: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 (1) establishing, maintaining, or expanding training for occupational medicine residents; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (2) recruitment, training, and retention of occupational medicine residents and faculty; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (3) travel and lodging for occupational medicine residents; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (4) salaries for occupational medicine faculty, residents, and preceptors; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 (5) training site improvements, fees, equipment, and supplies required for new residency |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7positions for occupational medicine residents. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8 (c) Grant funds must not be used to supplant any other government or private funds |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9available for these purposes. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 Subd. 3.Applications.Eligible occupational medicine residency programs seeking a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11grant under this section must submit an application to the commissioner. The application |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12must include objectives, a related work plan and budget, a description of the number of new |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13and existing residency positions that will be supported using grant funds, and any additional |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14information the commissioner determines to be necessary. The commissioner must determine |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15whether applications are complete and responsive and may require revisions or additional |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16information before awarding a grant. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17 Subd. 4.Program oversight.The commissioner must require and collect from |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18occupational medicine residency programs receiving grants information necessary to |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19administer and evaluate the program. The evaluation must include the scope of expansion |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20of new residency positions and information describing specific programs to enhance existing |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21residency positions, which may include facility improvements. The commissioner must |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22collect data on occupational medicine residency shortages. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25health for the occupational medicine residency grant program under Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26section 144.1915. The commissioner may use up to $....... of this appropriation for program |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27administration. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25-01732 as introduced01/02/25 REVISOR SGS/MI |
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