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HF 3986

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/22/2024 04:39pm

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A bill for an act
 relating to health care; increasing grant amounts and making other adjustments to
the dual training competency grant program; modifying the temporary permit
requirements for respiratory therapist licensure; extending the time a temporary
permit issued by the Board of Nursing is valid; extending the mental health grants
for health care professionals program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, sections 147C.15, subdivision 3; 148.212, subdivision 1; Minnesota
Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 136A.246, subdivision 8; Laws 2022, chapter
99, article 1, section 46, subdivision 3, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 136A.246, subdivision 8, is
amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Grant amounts.

(a) new text begin Except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end the maximum grant
for an application for the cost of training is $150,000. The maximum grant for an application
for trainee support is ten percent of the grant amount for the cost of training. The maximum
total grant per application is $165,000. A grant may not exceed $6,000 per year for a
maximum of $24,000 per employee.

(b) new text begin The maximum grant for an application for the cost of training in health care services
is $250,000. The maximum grant for an application for health care services trainee support
is ten percent of the grant amount for the cost of training. The maximum total grant per
application under this paragraph is $275,000. A grant under this paragraph may not exceed
$10,000 per year for a maximum of $40,000 per employee.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end An employee who is attending an eligible training provider that is an institution under
section 136A.103 must apply for Pell and state grants as a condition of payment for training
that employee under this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2024.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 147C.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Temporary permit.

new text begin (a) An applicant for licensure under this section may
request the board issue a temporary permit in accordance with this subdivision. Upon receipt
of the application for licensure, a request for a temporary permit, and a nonrefundable
respiratory therapist application fee as specified under section 147C.40, subdivision 5, new text end the
board may issue a temporary permit to practice as a respiratory therapist deleted text begin to an applicant
eligible for licensure under this sectiondeleted text end if the deleted text begin application for licensure is complete, all
applicable requirements in this section have been met, and a nonrefundable fee set by the
board has been paiddeleted text end new text begin applicant is:
new text end

new text begin (1) currently licensed to practice as a respiratory therapist in another state, territory, or
Canadian province; and
 new text end

new text begin (2) not subject to a pending investigation or disciplinary action in any state, territory, or
Canadian provincenew text end .

deleted text begin Thedeleted text end new text begin (b) A temporarynew text end permit deleted text begin remainsdeleted text end new text begin issued under this subdivision is nonrenewable and new text end
valid deleted text begin onlydeleted text end until deleted text begin the meeting of the board at whichdeleted text end a decision is made on the respiratory
therapist's application for licensurenew text begin or for 90 days, whichever occurs firstnew text end .

new text begin (c) The board may revoke a temporary permit that has been issued under this subdivision
if the applicant is the subject of an investigation or disciplinary action or is disqualified for
licensure for any other reason.
 new text end

new text begin (d) Notwithstanding section 13.41, subdivision 2, the board may release information
regarding any action taken by a board pursuant to this section.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 148.212, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Issuance.

Upon receipt of the applicable licensure or reregistration fee
and permit fee, and in accordance with rules of the board, the board may issue a nonrenewable
temporary permit to practice professional or practical nursing to an applicant for licensure
or reregistration who is not the subject of a pending investigation or disciplinary action, nor
disqualified for any other reason, under the following circumstances:

(a) The applicant for licensure by endorsement under section 148.211, subdivision 2, is
currently licensed to practice professional or practical nursing in another state, territory, or
Canadian province. The permit is valid until the date of board action on the application or
for deleted text begin 60deleted text end new text begin 90new text end days, whichever comes first.

(b) The applicant for licensure by endorsement under section 148.211, subdivision 2,
or for reregistration under section 148.231, subdivision 5, is currently registered in a formal,
structured refresher course or its equivalent for nurses that includes clinical practice.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 4.

Laws 2022, chapter 99, article 1, section 46, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
2023, chapter 70, article 4, section 94, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Evaluation.

The commissioner shall evaluate the overall effectiveness of the
grant program by conducting a periodic evaluation of the impact and outcomes of the grant
program on health care professional burnout and retention. The commissioner shall submit
the results of the evaluation and any recommendations for improving the grant program to
the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over health care policy and finance by October 15, deleted text begin 2024deleted text end new text begin 2026new text end .

Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATION; MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS FOR HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS.
new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of health for mental health grants for health care professionals under Laws 2022, chapter
99, article 1, section 46. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.
 new text end