MN HF3269

Commissioner of health shall award a grant to a nonprofit medical research foundation to study retention of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in primary care practice and burnout rates in Minnesota, particularly in areas with primary care workforce shortages.

Grantee must develop a survey tool to measure APRN workforce retention data and collect data on work conditions, work stress, and quality of care perceptions.

Grantee must create a process to share collected data with employers, professional associations, and state agencies, and make recommendations on solutions to address burnout and low retention rates.

Grantee must report findings, data collected, data-sharing process, and recommendations to legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over health care workforce issues by October 1, 2017.

$300,000 from the general fund is appropriated to the commissioner of health in fiscal year 2017 for this study as a onetime appropriation.