Body | Bill Status |
Official Actions |
Last Action |
Law | Bill Text |
Chief Author |
Short Description |
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House | HF0064 | 1 | 01/11/1999 | Kahn | Hemp; industrial hemp classified as an agricultural crop, regulation and registration required, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF0081 | 1 | 01/11/1999 | McCollum | Political subdivision sales and use tax exemption provided. | ||
House | HF0234 | 1 | 01/21/1999 | Lindner | Political subdivision sales and use tax exemption provided. | ||
House | HF0286 | 1 | 01/25/1999 | Cassell | Douglas county authorized to sell tax-forfeited land bordering public water. | ||
House | HF0321 | 1 | 01/27/1999 | Lindner | All school-age children authorized to participate in resident school district sponsored extracurricular activities. | ||
House | HF0396 | 1 | 02/01/1999 | Howes | Clothing repair and alterations sales and use tax exemption provided. | ||
House | HF0452 | 1 | 02/02/1999 | Koskinen | MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements exemption provided for persons terminated from continuation coverage. | ||
House | HF0631 | 1 | 02/10/1999 | Kubly | School buses required to load and unload students from designated off-shoulder bus stops at parental request, and stop signal arm and flashing red light use required. | ||
House | HF0632 | 1 | 02/10/1999 | Kubly | Rural dispute resolution act adopted and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0924 | 1 | 02/22/1999 | Luther | Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) block grant excess funds transferred to the child care block grant program. | ||
House | HF0940 | 1 | 02/22/1999 | Kubly | Agricultural homestead first-tier property tax valuation limit increased and state aid increased. | ||
House | HF0948 | 1 | 02/22/1999 | Huntley | St. Louis county statewide adolescent compulsive gambling prevention and education project grant provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0951 | 1 | 02/22/1999 | Abeler | Area agencies on aging provided funding for support and planning services, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1034 | 1 | 02/25/1999 | Abrams | Health care liability act adopted, health care plan coverage and treatment classification regulated, and remedies provided. | ||
House | HF1257 | 1 | 03/01/1999 | Rostberg | Income tax credit provided for tobacco-related illness expenses and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1313 | 1 | 03/04/1999 | Storm | Manufactured home parks property tax class rate decreased. | ||
House | HF1345 | 1 | 03/04/1999 | Winter | Pollution control agency animal feedlot registry required. | ||
House | HF1363 | 1 | 03/04/1999 | Storm | Higher education student share reduced and child care grant program modified. | ||
House | HF1443 | 1 | 03/04/1999 | Abeler | Independent living skills training program funded for persons with epilepsy and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1515 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Daggett | Assisted living facility property tax exemption provided. | ||
House | HF1629 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Otremba | Average per pupil requirement for debt service equalization reduced. | ||
House | HF1633 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Otremba | Patient rights and protections provided to health care enrollees. | ||
House | HF1635 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Otremba | Senior citizen drug program eligibility expanded and funding cap removed. | ||
House | HF1636 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Otremba | Comprehensive advanced life support rural medical personnel training program established and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1637 | 1 | 03/08/1999 | Otremba | Gross income definition for MinnesotaCare eligibility modified and asset requirement repealed. | ||
House | HF1725 | 1 | 03/10/1999 | Boudreau | Home visiting programs to promote child safety and healthy development established, county program operation and evaluation requirements provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1768 | 1 | 03/10/1999 | Huntley | Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) benefits eligibility requirement clarified for minor parents living with an adult and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1840 | 1 | 03/11/1999 | Fuller | Emergency medical services complaint investigations appropriated money. | ||
House | HF1912 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Huntley | Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) provisions modified and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1924 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | Todd county authorized to sell tax-forfeited land bordering public water and wetland. | ||
House | HF1925 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | Independent school district No. 786, Bertha-Hewitt, teacher retirement clerical error corrected. | ||
House | HF1945 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Wenzel | Meatpacking industry possible illegal practices investigated by the attorney general, report required, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1961 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | Low-income housing income tax credit provided. | ||
House | HF1962 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | Inherited metabolic disease equal insurance coverage required. | ||
House | HF1969 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Juhnke | Agricultural homestead acreage subject to a lower property tax class rate increased, and homestead and agricultural credit and adjustment provided. | ||
House | HF1988 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | Free of charge health care services provided MinnesotaCare tax exemption. | ||
House | HF1989 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Otremba | School districts with a substantial enrollment of students eligible for free or reduced priced meals provided additional compensatory revenue. | ||
House | HF2000 | 1 | 03/15/1999 | Lenczewski | Medicare supplemental coverage for low-income seniors study authorized. | ||
House | HF2184 | 1 | 03/22/1999 | Otremba | University of Minnesota center for integrated natural resources and agricultural management (CINRAM) research and technology transfer on agroforestry appropriation provided. | ||
House | HF2191 | 1 | 03/22/1999 | Otremba | Semiannual visits required to unaccredited educational institutions. | ||
House | HF2208 | 1 | 03/22/1999 | Wejcman | Universal health board established, universal health program and trust fund created, statewide and regional health care budgets established, board memberships modified, health care commission abolished, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2215 | 1 | 03/22/1999 | McElroy | Individual income tax education subtraction and education credit modified. | ||
House | HF2277 | 1 | 03/24/1999 | Otremba | Municipalities authorized to use the revenue recapture act to collect delinquent payments for ambulance services. | ||
House | HF2782 | 1 | 02/03/2000 | Wenzel | Legislative session procedures, and legislator qualifications and terms of office modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF2907 | 1 | 02/03/2000 | Daggett | Wadena; trunk highway No. 10 reconstruction appropriated money. | ||
House | HF2922 | 1 | 02/03/2000 | Entenza | No call list; specified telephone sales calls regulated, civil remedies provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2982 | 1 | 02/07/2000 | Koskinen | Senior citizen drug program eligibility expanded, age and asset limitations removed, simplified application form required, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3077 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Koskinen | Senior citizen drug program eligibility expanded and name changed to prescription drug program. | ||
House | HF3217 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Cassell | Central Lakes trail improved and developed, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3241 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Animal feedlot rules delayed implementation and enforcement provided. | ||
House | HF3242 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Senior citizen drug program eligibility expanded and qualified Medicare beneficiaries asset limits increased. | ||
House | HF3243 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Secondary vocational education funding extended one additional year and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3244 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | MinnesotaCare income and asset provisions modified. | ||
House | HF3245 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Secondary vocational education funding reinstated and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3283 | 1 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Independent school district No. 787, Browerville, fund transfer authorized. | ||
House | HF3364 | 1 | 02/14/2000 | Cassell | Alexandria technical college improvements authorized, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3434 | 1 | 02/14/2000 | Mariani | Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) sanctions provisions modified. | ||
House | HF3435 | 1 | 02/14/2000 | Otremba | Value-added agricultural product processing and marketing grant program scope expanded. | ||
House | HF3470 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Otremba | Rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers cost-based medical assistance reimbursement continued, and rural hospital capital improvement grant program appropriated money. | ||
House | HF3471 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Skoe | Teacher loan forgiveness program established, rulemaking provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3484 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Otremba | Public employees retirement association (PERA) disability benefits application authorized for an eligible employee. | ||
House | HF3511 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Otremba | Medical assistance pharmacy dispensing fee increased, and demonstration providers required to reimburse at or above medical assistance rate. | ||
House | HF3527 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Winter | Sales and use tax rate reduced, and political subdivision sales and use tax exemption provided. | ||
House | HF3528 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Winter | Assigned risk plan and workers' compensation reinsurance association surpluses distributed. | ||
House | HF3568 | 1 | 02/16/2000 | Otremba | Commercial turtle seller's helper license created and wildlife businesses determined to be in the public interest. | ||
House | HF3639 | 1 | 02/17/2000 | McCollum | Periodic well testing recommendation notice to property owners required, notice created, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3645 | 1 | 02/17/2000 | McCollum | Well test disclosure to potential property buyer and liability for failure to disclose required. | ||
House | HF3715 | 1 | 02/21/2000 | Otremba | Eligible half-ton pickup trucks registered as farm trucks. | ||
House | HF3716 | 1 | 02/21/2000 | Otremba | Independent school district No. 2170, Staples-Motley, fund transfer authorized. | ||
House | HF3797 | 1 | 02/23/2000 | Chaudhary | General community education revenue increased and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3816 | 1 | 02/23/2000 | Chaudhary | Early childhood family education (ECFE) state aid increased and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3820 | 1 | 02/23/2000 | Winter | Spread of specified genetically modified organisms liability established and damages specified. | ||
House | HF3821 | 1 | 02/23/2000 | Winter | Minnesota agricultural production contract fair practices act adopted and criminal penalty imposed. | ||
House | HF3831 | 1 | 02/23/2000 | Schumacher | School district small school revenue created, formula provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3855 | 1 | 02/24/2000 | Wenzel | Personal and dependent income tax exemption subtraction provided. | ||
House | HF3873 | 1 | 02/24/2000 | Luther | Lap and shoulder belts required on new school buses. | ||
House | HF3929 | 1 | 02/28/2000 | Otremba | Todd county nursing facility medical assistance rate adjustment provided and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF4044 | 1 | 03/06/2000 | Otremba | Physically disabled person definition expanded to include pregnant women and mothers of children under one year for parking purposes. | ||
House | HF4068 | 1 | 03/08/2000 | Otremba | Profile of learning; area learning centers alternative authorized. | ||
House | HF4074 | 1 | 03/08/2000 | Schumacher | Civil commitment relative notification provided, minor voluntary treatment consent provisions modified, and early intervention treatment and commitment provisions modified. | ||
House | HF4103 | 1 | 03/13/2000 | Otremba | Residential academy grant provisions modified. | ||
House | HF4139 | 1 | 04/05/2000 | McCollum | Animals; killing or harming assistance animals provided criminal penalties, and restitution required. | ||
House | HF4157 | 1 | 04/18/2000 | Wenzel | Life imprisonment without parole sentence provided to persons causing the death of another while committing a drive-by shooting. | ||
House | HF4158 | 1 | 04/18/2000 | Wenzel | State-paid agricultural property taxes provided payable in 2000 and 20, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF4169 | 1 | 04/28/2000 | Tuma | Advising for abortions based on specified characteristics prohibited and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF4181 | 1 | 05/17/2000 | Kahn | Minnesota prescription drug fair pricing act adopted, fair drug pricing board established, criminal penalties imposed, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0075 | 2 | 01/14/1999 | Wenzel | Sales and use tax rate reduced. | ||
House | HF0101 | 2 | 03/18/1999 | Rostberg | Identification card fees specified for persons with serious and persistent mental illness. | ||
House | HF0105 | 2 | 01/25/1999 | Tunheim | Farm relief; Congress memorialized to designate and implement financial relief for livestock and grain farmers. | ||
House | SF0122 | 2 | 03/15/1999 | Kahn | Hemp; industrial hemp classified as an agricultural crop, regulation and registration required, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | SF0347 | 2 | 04/08/1999 | Bakk | Driver education classroom component home-school instruction authorized. | ||
House | HF0372 | 2 | 02/08/1999 | Bakk | Driver education classroom component home-school instruction authorized. | ||
House | HF0419 | 2 | 02/08/1999 | Wenzel | Northstar corridor extension from St. Cloud to Little Falls feasibility studied and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0444 | 2 | 02/25/1999 | Stang | Sauk River watershed district administrative funds levy authorized. | ||
House | HF0473 | 2 | 02/25/1999 | Harder | High school diploma warranty repealed. | ||
House | HF0476 | 2 | 02/11/1999 | Juhnke | Ambulance services; first responder provisions modified, emergency medical technician and instructor certification provided, training program approval required, fees and misconduct reports provided, and criminal and civil penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF0920 | 2 | 02/25/1999 | Koskinen | MinnesotaCare program single adults and households without children eligibility extended, health care coverage requirement exemption created, senior citizen drug program funded, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0945 | 2 | 03/02/1999 | Huntley | Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) employment and training provisions modified, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF0953 | 2 | 04/04/2000 | Abrams | Health care liability act adopted, health care plan coverage and treatment classification regulated, patient rights and protections provided, carrier and provider duties specified, and remedies provided. | ||
House | SF1020 | 2 | 03/29/1999 | Anderson, B. | Precinct caucus procedures modified, preference balloting established and reported, and presidential primaries eliminated. | ||
House | HF1238 | 2 | 03/15/1999 | Dehler | Hemp; industrial hemp classified as an agricultural crop, regulation and registration required, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF1423 | 2 | 03/22/1999 | Anderson, B. | Precinct caucus procedures modified, preference balloting established and reported, and presidential primaries eliminated. | ||
House | HF1525 | 2 | 03/10/1999 | Skoe | Gross income definition for MinnesotaCare eligibility modified. | ||
House | HF1593 | 2 | 03/31/1999 | Mulder | Loan forgiveness program established for eligible pharmacy students, sole community pharmacy financial assistance authorized, drug therapy management pilot project created, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1596 | 2 | 03/30/1999 | Goodno | Planning and transition grant program established for providers of older adult services, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1598 | 2 | 03/29/1999 | Daggett | Otter Tail county solid waste recovery center operation appropriation provided. | ||
House | HF1634 | 2 | 03/31/1999 | Otremba | Long Prairie housing and redevelopment authority authorized to issue bonds to renovate the Hotel Reichert building regardless of ownership. | ||
House | HF1819 | 2 | 03/22/1999 | Ness | County inventory and dump ranking required, cleanup grants provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1835 | 2 | 03/18/1999 | Boudreau | Suicide prevention program established and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1901 | 2 | 03/17/1999 | Broecker | Ramsey county; Lake Owasso intermediate care facility replacement authorized. | ||
House | HF1959 | 2 | 03/24/1999 | Bradley | Human services county-based purchasing implementation date and provisions modified. | ||
House | HF2004 | 2 | 03/22/1999 | Abeler | AIDS prevention program modified to include human papilloma virus (HPV) prevention. | ||
House | HF2152 | 2 | 03/24/1999 | Otremba | Cancer awareness and prevention funded, health data classification provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2251 | 2 | 03/30/1999 | Cassell | Milk; grade A or manufactured grade temporary producer permits provided for adulterated milk. | ||
House | HF2418 | 2 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Eagle Bend wastewater funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2438 | 2 | 02/10/2000 | Otremba | Clarissa wastewater funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2528 | 2 | 02/03/2000 | Koskinen | Rental property manager periodic background checks conducted by the bureau of criminal apprehension. | ||
House | HF2717 | 2 | 02/03/2000 | Anderson, I. | Intrastate long distance call toll charges prohibited. | ||
House | HF2796 | 2 | 03/06/2000 | Ness | Farm real estate or operations third-party debtor disclosure required, and remedies provided. | ||
House | HF2986 | 2 | 02/10/2000 | Kubly | Farm advocates program appropriated money. | ||
House | HF3008 | 2 | 02/14/2000 | Koskinen | Safe place for newborns; persons leaving unharmed newborns at hospital emergency rooms not prosecuted, hospital duties specified, and liability immunity provided. | ||
House | HF3118 | 2 | 02/17/2000 | Otremba | Abortion informed consent required and civil remedies provided. | ||
House | HF3129 | 2 | 03/01/2000 | Goodno | Medical assistance income standard increased. | ||
House | HF3513 | 2 | 02/24/2000 | Otremba | Special choose life license plates authorized, adoption support account established, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3536 | 2 | 04/10/2000 | Winter | Workers' compensation; injured employee examination by employer's physician requirement repealed and benefits discontinuation prohibited unless determined by a neutral health care professional. | ||
House | HF3582 | 2 | 02/24/2000 | Holsten | Phosphorus plant food use prohibition provisions modified for specified counties and adulteration factors clarified. | ||
House | HR0001 | 3 | 01/11/1999 | Tunheim | A house resolution requesting the United States Congress to design and implement timely financial relief for livestock and commodity grain farmers. | ||
House | HF0179 | 3 | 01/25/1999 | Kielkucki | Abortion constitutional standard established and constitutional amendment proposed. | ||
House | HF0250 | 3 | 01/28/1999 | Abrams | MinnesotaCare provider tax repealed. | ||
House | HF0332 | 3 | 03/11/1999 | Mulder | Rural health clinics and federally qualified health center services cost-based reimbursement continued. | ||
House | HF0447 | 3 | 03/15/1999 | Winter | Livestock price discrimination prohibited, open and public offers and bids required, and enforcement provided. | ||
House | HF0807 | 3 | 03/17/1999 | Howes | Rural hospital improvement grant program expanded, telemedicine conferences covered by medical assistance, critical access hospital outpatient fee cost-based system provided, uniform billing established, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0999 | 3 | 03/04/1999 | Entenza | Geographic education excellence grant program established and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF1227 | 3 | 03/22/1999 | Entenza | School guidance counselor to student ratio established. | ||
House | HF2585 | 3 | 03/02/2000 | Anderson, I. | Minnesota-Ontario legislative commission authorized and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF3284 | 3 | 02/17/2000 | Otremba | Pharmacists not disciplined for refusing to dispense prescriptions for moral or religious reasons. | ||
House | HF3818 | 3 | 03/06/2000 | Otremba | County-based purchasing medical assistance per capita payment modified. | ||
House | HF0923 | 4 | 03/18/1999 | Seifert, J. | School and libraries providing Internet access required to restrict harmful material from minors, and school district Internet use policies adopted. | ||
House | HF1370 | 4 | 03/24/1999 | Rostberg | Organic agriculture promotion and funding provided, advisory task force expiration date extended, organic industry representation provided on the advisory board for the agricultural utilization institute, and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF2797 | 4 | 03/20/2000 | Tunheim | Dislocated worker program eligibility expanded to include specified working farmers, and dislocated farmers and ranchers training grant provided. | ||
House | HF0537 | 5 | 03/02/2000 | Boudreau | Complementary and alternative health care freedom of access act adopted. | ||
House | HF1986 | 5 | 03/29/1999 | Nornes | Trunk highway No. 59 designated as All Veterans memorial drive. | ||
House | HF0035 | 6 | 03/13/2000 | Haas | Tobacco settlement money deposited in the health care access fund, MinnesotaCare premium and provider taxes repealed, MNCare program financial management provided, pass-through of savings to consumers required, and penalties imposed. | ||
House | SF0673 | 6 | 04/13/1999 | 94 | Reuter | Health care provider network shadow contracting regulated and remedies provided. | |
House | HF1216 | 6 | 04/06/1999 | 55 | Abeler | Practical examination requirements modified for chiropractors licensed in other states. | |
House | HF1571 | 6 | 03/09/2000 | Harder | Covenant marriages option provided. | ||
House | HF1641 | 6 | 04/16/1999 | Juhnke | Vehicles carrying milk exempted from seasonal weight restrictions under specified circumstances. | ||
House | SF1888 | 6 | 03/30/1999 | 42 | Nornes | Trunk highway No. 59 designated as Otter Tail veterans memorial drive. | |
House | HF2229 | 6 | 04/26/1999 | Harder | Reduced marriage license fee provided for couples who obtain premarital counseling and dissolution proceedings filing fee increased. | ||
House | HF3278 | 6 | 04/04/2000 | Abeler | Congregate housing services project administration modified. | ||
House | HF0223 | 7 | 03/10/1999 | Leppik | Tobacco use prevention grants for youth provided and money appropriated. | ||
House | HF0566 | 7 | 04/12/1999 | Reuter | Health care provider network shadow contracting regulated. | ||
House | SF0689 | 7 | 04/17/2000 | Boudreau | Complementary and alternative health care freedom of access act adopted. | ||
House | HF3113 | 7 | 03/20/2000 | 276 | Goodno | Pharmacies permitted an additional nationally certified pharmacy technician. | |
House | HF1421 | 8 | 04/08/1999 | 67 | Wilkin | Temporary podiatric permit extension provided and requirements modified. | |
House | SF3210 | 8 | 04/26/2000 | Peterson | Anhydrous ammonia tampering prohibited, consecutive sentences authorized, child endangerment clarified, booby traps prohibited, increased theft penalties provided, and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF3369 | 8 | 03/21/2000 | Peterson | Anhydrous ammonia tampering prohibited, and civil and criminal penalties imposed. | ||
House | HF0178 | 9 | 03/13/2000 | Boudreau | Abortion informed consent required, civil remedies provided, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF1645 | 9 | 05/04/1999 | 154 | Juhnke | Seasonal weight restriction exemption provided to qualified vehicles carrying milk, Babcock test requirements eliminated, and excess rail bank property conveyances authorized. | |
House | HF3332 | 9 | 03/21/2000 | 285 | Swenson | Dairy research and promotion council alternative term expiration dates authorized. | |
House | HF2809 | 10 | 04/18/2000 | 310 | Howes | Ah-Gwah-Ching nursing center admissions criteria clarified, and center required to provide information on and promote geriatric rapid assessment stabilization program. | |
House | HF0009 | 11 | 03/01/1999 | Sviggum | Former legislators prohibited from lobbying for one year after leaving office. | ||
House | HF3331 | 11 | 04/06/2000 | 368 | Howes | Prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault director position, and interagency task force created; and powers and duties specified. | |
House | SF0884 | 12 | 05/17/2000 | 397 | Harder | Reduced marriage license fee provided for couples who obtain premarital counseling and dissolution proceedings filing fee increased. | |
House | HF0949 | 12 | 04/20/1999 | Abeler | Midwifery practice and licensure requirements clarified, and money appropriated. | ||
House | SF0383 | 15 | 05/05/1999 | 162 | Abeler | Midwifery licensure requirements clarified and money appropriated. | |
House | HF0040 | 18 | 04/12/1999 | 83 | Bradley | Nursing facility residents allowed to request the use of restraints. | |
House | SF2575 | 18 | 05/09/2000 | 481 | Tunheim | Dislocated worker program eligibility expanded to include specified working farmers, and dislocated farmers and ranchers training grants provided temporary priority. | |
House | SF2615 | 19 | 04/12/2000 | 421 | Koskinen | Persons leaving unharmed newborns at hospital emergency rooms not prosecuted, hospital duties specified, liability immunity provided, and relative search limited. |