MN SF2442

Establishes the Greater Minnesota Family Medicine Residency Grant Program administered by the Commissioner of Health to award grants to not-for-profit family medicine residency programs located outside the seven-county metropolitan area.

Eligible programs must be accredited or candidate for accreditation, focused on training family medicine physicians for communities outside the metropolitan area, and demonstrate that at least 25 percent of graduates over the past three years practice in Minnesota communities outside the metropolitan area.

Prioritizes funding for new residency positions first, with remaining funds allocated proportionally based on the number of existing residents in eligible programs; new positions may be funded for up to three years.

Restricts grant funds to costs including establishing and expanding training, recruitment and retention of residents and faculty, travel and lodging for residents, and salaries for faculty, residents, and preceptors.

Appropriates $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 from the general fund for the grant program.