1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; allowing qualified medical professionals to involuntarily 
1.3 	administer psychotropic medications to jail and prison inmates when the inmate 
1.4 	poses a likelihood of serious harm to self or others;proposing coding for new law 
1.5 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 243.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [243.95] EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO 
1.8 	INMATES.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Inmate's right to refuse treatment. (a) An inmate in a jail or state 
1.10 	correctional facility has the right to refuse psychotropic medication unless, as a result of 
1.11 	mental health symptoms, the inmate poses a likelihood of serious harm to self or others.
1.12 	(b) A qualified medical professional may not administer psychotropic medication to an 
1.13 	inmate without the inmate's consent unless, as a result of mental health symptoms, the inmate 
1.14 	poses a likelihood of serious harm to self or others.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Qualified medical professional. Only a qualified medical professional may 
1.16 	administer psychotropic medication to an inmate. A qualified medical professional means 
1.17 	a physician licensed under chapter 147, a physician assistant licensed and practicing under 
1.18 	chapter 147A, or a nurse licensed and registered to practice under chapter 148.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Emergency administration of medication to inmates. A qualified medical 
1.20 	professional may administer psychotropic medication to an inmate without the inmate's 
1.21 	consent only if:
1.22 	(1) in a qualified medical professional's opinion, as a result of mental health symptoms, 
1.23 	the inmate poses a likelihood of serious harm to self or others;
2.1 	(2) in a qualified medical professional's opinion, administering psychotropic medication 
2.2 	to the inmate will treat the inmate's mental health symptoms and thereby reduce the likelihood 
2.3 	of harm to self or others; and
2.4 	(3) a physician or qualified nurse has prescribed psychotropic medications to the inmate.
2.5 		Subd. 4.Record keeping and reporting requirement. (a) Each correctional facility 
2.6 	and county jail shall keep a record of the date, name of inmate, copy of the prescribing order 
2.7 	for the medication, name of the qualified medical professional administering the medication, 
2.8 	the administered medications, and a description of the inmate's behavior and symptoms that 
2.9 	demonstrates how the inmate poses a likelihood of serious harm to self or others.
2.10 	(b) Every six months, each correctional facility and jail shall submit a report to the 
2.11 	commissioner of corrections with a complete log of all emergency administrations of 
2.12 	psychotropic medications to inmates.