Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF0986

Relating to health; expanding the Minnesota adverse health care events report
act to include facility acquired infection rates, defining facility acquired
infection and specifying certain data collection and reporting requirements;
imposing a surcharge on commercial feeds sold containing antibiotics, requiring
the deposit of proceeds in the antibiotics account in the agricultural fund and
appropriation of a portion of money in the account to the commissioner of health
to administer the facility acquired infection reporting requirements, remaining
money to be appropriated to the commissioner of agriculture to monitor
antibiotic resistance and to support on farm demonstrations of alternatives to
antibiotics for growth promotion; prohibiting the nontherapeutic use of animal
feeds containing certain antibiotics after certain dates, defining
nontherapeutic use; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for
adverse health care events reporting responsibilities
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