1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; allowing funeral establishments with other establishment 
1.3 	locations to use one or more preparation and embalming rooms for all 
1.4 	establishment locations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 
1.5 	149A.92, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 149A.92, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Establishment update. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 11, a 
1.10 	funeral establishment with other establishment locations that uses one or more preparation 
1.11 	and embalming room rooms for all establishment locations has until July 1, 2017, to bring 
1.12 	the other establishment locations that are not used for preparation or embalming into 
1.13 	compliance with this section so long as the preparation and embalming room that is used 
1.14 	complies must comply with the minimum standards in this section.
1.15 	(b) At the time that ownership of a funeral establishment changes, the physical 
1.16 	location of the establishment changes, or the building housing the funeral establishment or 
1.17 	business space of the establishment is remodeled the existing preparation and embalming 
1.18 	room must be brought into compliance with the minimum standards in this section and in 
1.19 	accordance with subdivision 11. The other establishment locations under paragraph (a) 
1.20 	that do not have actively licensed preparation and embalming rooms may still conduct 
1.21 	viewings, visitations, services, and holding of human remains while awaiting final 
1.22 	disposition and may not prepare or embalm a dead human body.