Rural Health Advisory Committee Publications

2025

• Longevity: Recommendations to Reduce Social Isolation and Enhance Social Connection in Rural Minnesota 2025 (PDF)
• Recommendations on Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Rural Minnesota 2025 (PDF) Published March 2026

2021

• Recommendations on Strengthening Mental Health Care in Rural Minnesota 2021 (PDF)

2018

• Strengthening the Oral Health System in Rural Minnesota 2018 (PDF)
• Older Adult Fitness: Access and Participation in Rural Minnesota 2018 (PDF)

2015

• Nurse Practitioners in Rural Minnesota – Results of an Employer Survey Aug 2015 (PDF)

2013

• Update Brief on the EMSRB 2007 Behavioral Health Report: Improving Response to Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies 2013 (PDF)
• Issue Brief: Rural Hospital System Growth and Consolidation  Jan 2013 (PDF)
• Obstetric Services in Rural Minnesota November 2013 (PDF)

Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Rural Health Advisory Committee
• Mandate Detail - Recommendations and evaluations of approaches to rural health issues