1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; implementing maternal health provisions; appropriating money;
1.3 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [144.1461] CONTINUING EDUCATION ON MATERNAL HEALTH.
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The legislature finds that requiring continuing education on 
1.7 	the two leading causes of maternal death, namely maternal hypertension and obstetric 
1.8 	hemorrhage, for direct care personnel in birthing centers and hospitals with obstetric care 
1.9 	is necessary to improve maternal health and birth outcomes.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Continuing education materials. (a) Birthing centers and hospitals with 
1.11 	obstetric care shall develop continuing education materials on maternal hypertension and 
1.12 	obstetric hemorrhage that birthing centers and hospitals with obstetric care must provide 
1.13 	on an annual basis to direct care employees and contractors that routinely care for patients 
1.14 	that are pregnant and postpartum. The birthing centers and hospitals must update the 
1.15 	continuing education materials annually.
1.16 	(b) Birthing centers and hospitals shall coordinate with health care licensing boards to 
1.17 	obtain continuing education credits for the materials required in this section. Birthing centers 
1.18 	and hospitals shall update the continuing education materials annually. The commissioner 
1.19 	shall monitor compliance of birthing centers and hospitals with obstetric care with this 
1.20 	section. The commissioner may inspect training records or require reports on the continuing 
1.21 	education materials.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BIAS TRAINING.
 2.2 	$....... in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.3 	health to be used for implicit bias training in accredited medical and nursing education 
2.4 	curriculum in obstetric clinical practice.