1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; expanding the fourth-degree assault crime related to health 
1.3 	care professionals; requiring the commissioner of health to develop education and 
1.4 	awareness initiatives addressing health care professional burnout and mental health 
1.5 	issues; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.2231, 
1.6 	subdivision 2.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Firefighters and, emergency medical personnel, and other health care 
1.10 	professionals. Whoever assaults any of the following persons and inflicts demonstrable 
1.11 	bodily harm on or intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at or 
1.12 	onto any of the following persons is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment 
1.13 	for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:
1.14 	(1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services 
1.15 	personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties; or
1.16 	(2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital 
1.17 	emergency department.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2022, and applies to crimes 
1.19 	committed on or after that date.

2.1 	Sec. 2. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WELL-BEING EDUCATION AND 
2.2 	OUTREACH INITIATIVE.
 2.3 	The commissioner of health, in coordination with a work group comprised of health 
2.4 	care professionals, health care systems, health plan organizations, health professional 
2.5 	associations, and mental health experts who focus on provider burnout, shall:
2.6 	(1) develop and implement an education and awareness initiative that:
2.7 	(i) describes the symptoms and risk factors for professional burnout and moral injury;
2.8 	(ii) addresses the stigma among health care professionals associated  with seeking 
2.9 	self-care, including mental health and substance use disorder services;
2.10 	(iii) encourages health care professionals to seek support and care for their mental health 
2.11 	and substance use disorder concerns; and
2.12 	(iv) helps health care professionals identify risk factors associated with suicide and other 
2.13 	mental health conditions;
2.14 	(2) develop and make available educational resources to support health care professionals 
2.15 	with self-care and resiliency;
2.16 	(3) establish priorities for health care organizations to take to prevent and reduce health 
2.17 	care professional burnout and moral injury; and
2.18 	(4) develop evidence-based measurable outcomes to determine the effectiveness of 
2.19 	strategies taken by health care organizations to prevent and reduce health care professional 
2.20 	burnout and moral injury.

2.21 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.22 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.23 	of health for the health care professional well-being education and outreach initiative.