SF831

Purpose

Provide a one-time general-fund appropriation to support a health care worker wellbeing initiative. The aim is to raise awareness about burnout and wellbeing among health care professionals and reduce barriers to seeking mental health care.

Main Provisions

• Establishes a one-time appropriation in fiscal year 2026 from the general fund to the commissioner of health.
• funds a grant to the Minnesota Medical Association to run a campaign called “Treat Yourself First.”
• The campaign is an awareness and education effort focused on burnout and wellbeing of health care workers.
• Goals of the campaign include:
  • reducing the stigma of receiving mental health services,
  • encouraging health care workers experiencing work-related fatigue to seek care,
  • normalizing the process for seeking help.
• The campaign must be targeted to health care professionals, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other members of the health care team.
• The campaign must include resources for health care professionals seeking help to address burnout and wellbeing.

Funding, Timing, and Administration

• Source: General Fund appropriation.
• Recipient: The commissioner of health provides a grant to the Minnesota Medical Association to conduct the campaign.
• Campaign name: “Treat Yourself First.”
• Timeframe: One-time funding, available for use until July 1, 2030.
• Purposeful scope: Awareness and education campaign with practical resources for burnout and wellbeing.

Significance and Changes to Law

• Creates a new one-time funding program within health-related appropriations.
• There are no stated ongoing program or policy changes to existing health care laws beyond this particular appropriation.

Relevant Terms

• Treat Yourself First
• burnout
• wellbeing
• mental health services
• stigma
• health care workers
• physicians
• nurses
• dentists
• pharmacists
• Minnesota Medical Association
• commissioner of health
• general fund appropriation
• fiscal year 2026
• one-time appropriation
• July 1, 2030
• awareness and education campaign
• resources for seeking help
• workplace fatigue