SF 3400

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/23/2025 10:15 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to health care facilities; modifying medication management services at
assisted living facilities with dementia care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 144G.71, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144G.71, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Medication management services.

(a) This section applies only to
assisted living facilities that provide medication management services.

(b) An assisted living facility that provides medication management services must
develop, implement, and maintain current written medication management policies and
procedures. The policies and procedures must be developed under the supervision and
direction of a registered nurse, licensed health professional, or pharmacist consistent with
current practice standards and guidelines.

(c) The written policies and procedures must address requesting and receiving
prescriptions for medications; preparing and giving medications; verifying that prescription
drugs are administered as prescribed; documenting medication management activities;
controlling and storing medications; monitoring and evaluating medication use; resolving
medication errors; communicating with the prescriber, pharmacist, and resident and legal
and designated representatives; disposing of unused medications; and educating residents
and legal and designated representatives about medications. When controlled substances
are being managed, the policies and procedures must also identify how the provider will
ensure security and accountability for the overall management, control, and disposition of
those substances in compliance with state and federal regulations and with subdivision 23. new text begin
Assisted living facilities with dementia care that provide medication management services
must honor the request of a memory care resident for the management of lower-potency
hemp edibles as defined in section 342.01, subdivision 50, in the form of gummies, chews,
or softgel pills.
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