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HOSPITALS

Acute care hospitals, disability waiver stays, Minn. Law 2024 c 125 art 1 s 36, 2024 c 127 art 46 s 36

Acute care hospitals, discharge planning, restraints, Minn. Law 2026 c 95 art 3 s 2

Admissions, emergency admissions, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 118

Adverse health care events, open discussion, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 82

Ambulance services, communication with, medical resource communication center grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 6 s 8

Appropriations for

Hennepin County Medical Center stabilization payments, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 18 s 3

Hospital stabilization program, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 18 s 3

Aspirus Lake View Hospital, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 2

Background checks, duties, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 1 s 1, 62

Beds, swing beds, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 53 to 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 55

Beds, waivers, Minn. Law 2022 c 40 s 2

Billing, uninsured patients, limits on charges, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 42

Certificates and certification, hospital stabilization reserve, eligibility, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 3 s 6

Charges, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 11 s 35, 2023 c 70 art 2 s 7

Charitable hospitals, labor relations matters, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 10 art 3 s 19

Charity care, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 40

Charity care, prohibited actions, Minn. Law 2024 c 114 art 3 s 29

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospital, capital improvement projects, Minn. Law 2020 5Sp c 3 art 1 s 18

Clinical health care training, funds, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 27, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3

Closings or curtailment of operations, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 31, 2024 c 127 art 58 s 10, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 s 28, 29, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 22

Construction

Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 3 s 16 to 2023 c 70 art 3 s 18, 83

Moratorium, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 1 to 2022 c 99 art 1 s 4, 2022 c 98 art 1 s 9

Standards, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 3 s 15

Waivers, Minn. Law 2022 c 40 s 2

Construction moratorium, Minn. Law 2019 c 41, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 30, 2024 c 127 art 59 s 29

Exception, technical correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 1 s 30

Exclusion, Minn. Law 2026 c 91 s 1

Construction, plans, submittal and fees, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 51

Contraceptives, education protocol, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 1 s 1

COVID-19 response, grants for, Minn. Law 2020 c 70 art 2 s 1

Critical access hospitals

Construction, moratorium, exclusion, Minn. Law 2026 c 91 s 1

Medical assistance, payments, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 4, 12

Critical access hospitals, construction, moratorium, exclusion, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 1 s 9

Critical access hospitals, swing beds, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 52

Critical access hospitals, workplace safety grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 109, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3

Data

Cannabis Management Office studies, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 4

Health care affordability data, reporting, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 16 s 5

Data, Cannabis Management Office studies, Minn. Law 2026 c 123 s 9

Debt collection, certification of expert review requirements, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 41

Definitions

Controlling person, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 s 27

Registration of supplemental nursing services agencies, Minn. Law 2025 c 38 art 2 s 9 to 2025 c 38 art 2 s 11

Definitions, health care entity transactions, Minn. Law 2023 c 66 s 2, 2024 c 127 art 57 s 46

Directed payment program, assessments, exceptions, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 3

Discharge of patients, children with chronic or high-cost medical conditions, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 11 s 34

Discharge of patients, long-term care options counseling, Minn. Law 2024 c 108 art 3 s 3, 7

Discharge of patients, postacute care planning, restraints, Minn. Law 2026 c 95 art 3 s 2

Discharge of patients, recuperative care, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 1 s 23

Disclosure

Charges, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 2 s 7

Facility fees, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 2 s 6, 7

Disclosure, charges, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 11 s 35, 2020 c 115 art 1 s 15

Discrimination, anti-racism and implicit bias training, pregnancy and postpartum care, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 21, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 16 s 3

Emergency admissions, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 10

Emergency admissions, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 118

Emergency rooms

Chemical use assessments, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 50 art 2 s 63

Sexual assault victims, examination kit handling, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 5 s 31

Emergency rooms, in-reach community-based service coordination, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 85 s 67

Employees

Central service technicians, qualifications, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 s 33

Emergency room staff, Minn. Law 2025 c 35 art 4 s 7

Nursing workforce report, Minn. Law 2023 c 75 s 9

Violence against, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3, 2023 c 75 s 6

Employees, charitable hospitals, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 10 art 3 s 19

Employees, security staff, assault on, Minn. Law 2026 c 118 art 5 s 1

Expansion, planning and review, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 11 s 32

Fees

Charity care policy, notice to patients, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 40

Facility fees, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 2 s 7

Grants to, clinical health care training, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 27, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3

Grants to, mental health programs for health care professionals, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 46, 2022 c 99 art 3 s 9

Health Department, child abuse and maltreatment, reports, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 11

Hearings, relocations or ceasing to offer services, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 31, 2024 c 127 art 58 s 6, 2024 c 127 art 67 s 3, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 s 29

Hospital directed payment program, assessments, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 4

Hospital outpatient fee schedule (HOFS), workers' compensation, Minn. Law 2023 c 51 art 4 s 1

Hospital stabilization program, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 3 s 15

Hospital stabilization reserve, eligibility, criteria, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 3 s 6

Inpatient hospital services, see INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES

Inspections, construction moratorium exception, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 1

Lawsuits, peacetime emergency injuries to decedent, statutes of limitations, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 35

Licenses

Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 3 s 16 to 2023 c 70 art 3 s 18, 83

Fee waivers, Minn. Law 2022 c 40 s 2

Fees, Health Department, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 23, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 43

Revocation or suspension, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 2

Standards, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 3 s 15

Substance use disorder treatment services, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 9 art 4 s 31

Swing beds, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 54

Licenses, reconsideration requests, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 12

Long-term care consultation services, assessments, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 15

Long-term hospitals, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 1 s 6, 2026 c 127 art 5 s 6

Medical assistance

Cell and gene therapy, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 54 s 5

Critical access hospitals, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 4

Directed payment program, assessments, exceptions, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 3

Disabled children, eligibility, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 120

Disproportionate population adjustments, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 7 s 11, 2023 c 70 art 1 s 5

Eligibility determinations, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 4 s 40

Human Services Department, duties, competitive bidding, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 8

Long-term hospitals, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 6

Payments

Alternate inpatient payment rates, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 5, 2026 c 127 art 5 s 5

Births, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 7 s 36

Directed payment arrangements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 22

Directed payment program, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 21

Directed payment program, assessments, exceptions, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 5 s 3

Outpatient hospital services, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 5 s 14, 2026 c 127 art 5 s 12

Postpartum contraceptives, separate reimbursement, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 1 s 7

Rates, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 7 s 9 to 2019 1Sp c 9 art 7 s 13, 2023 c 70 art 1 s 4, 5, 2023 c 70 art 5 s 13, 2026 c 127 art 5 s 4 to 2026 c 127 art 5 s 6

Payments, rates, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 67 s 2

Quality measures, directed payment arrangements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 22

Swing beds

Coverage requirements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 85, 86

Payment rates, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 88

Utilization review, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 118

Medical assistance, payments

Outpatient hospital services, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 1 s 21

Rates, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 1 s 2 to 2021 c 30 art 1 s 4

Medical assistance, payments, limitations, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 133

Medical assistance, payments, outpatient hospital services, Minn. Law 2020 c 115 art 3 s 32

Medical cannabis patient registry program

Duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 57

Duties, technical changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 113

Immunity from liability or prosecution, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58

Immunity from liability or prosecution, technical changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 115

Medical cannabis patient registry program, duties, Minn. Law 2025 c 31 s 93

Medical records, disposition, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 36

Medicare certification, swing beds, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 54, 55

Mental Health Collaboration Hub pilot project, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 15 s 6

Mental health services and programs

Construction moratorium, exceptions, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 1 to 2022 c 99 art 1 s 4

Urgency room pilot project, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 44, 2022 c 99 art 3 s 12

Mergers, health care entity transactions, Minn. Law 2023 c 66 s 2, 3

Mergers, managed care plans, directed payment arrangements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 22

Miller Building replacement, capital investment projects, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 15 art 1 s 16

Municipal hospitals, claimant agencies, Revenue Recapture Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 15 s 4

Needs assessments, community health needs assessment, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 32

No Strike and Arbitration Act, technical changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 5 s 12

Nonprofit hospitals, county or city lease agreements provided to commissioner of revenue, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 14 art 11 s 12

Notice given, relocations or ceasing to offer services, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 31, 2024 c 127 art 58 s 5, 7, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 s 28

Nurse and Patient Safety Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 20 s 3, 2023 c 75 s 1, 6, 12

Nursing services, swing bed patients, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 55, 85, 86, 88

Owners and ownership, health care entity transactions, Minn. Law 2023 c 66 s 2, 3

Owners and ownership, sales, right of first refusal, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 58 s 10

Patients

Absentee voting, see Health care patients under ABSENTEE VOTING

Designated support persons, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 31

Medical cannabis patient registry program

Duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 57

Immunity from liability or prosecution, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58

Medical cannabis patient registry program, immunity from liability or prosecution, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 114

Sexual assault victims

Medical examination costs, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 5 s 46

Notice of rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 5 s 1

Patients, clinic facility fees, Minn. Law 2019 c 7

Patients, designated support persons, Minn. Law 2025 c 38 art 2 s 6

Payments to, alternate inpatient payment rates, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 8 s 5

Payments to, qualifying avoidable patient days, Minn. Law 2023 c 74 s 4, 6

Planning, violence preparedness action plans, Minn. Law 2023 c 75 s 6

Postpartum depression, anti-racism and implicit bias training, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 21

Prescription drug repository program, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 9 s 7

Private hospitals, county or city lease agreements, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 15 s 36

Rates, clinic facility fees, Minn. Law 2019 c 7

Regional hospital systems, emergencies, definition, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 3

Reports given

Disciplinary action, certified midwives, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 98

Nonprofit hospitals, community health needs assessment, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 32

Provider-based clinic facility fees, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 97

Safe place newborns, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 24

Reports given, health care entity transactions data, Minn. Law 2023 c 66 s 3

Reports given, immunity, reporters and agencies, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 34, 35

Residency programs, foreign-trained physicians, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 1 s 26 to 2026 c 127 art 1 s 28

Rural hospitals

Hospital stabilization program, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 3 s 15

Rural residency training program grants, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 1 s 22 to 2026 c 127 art 1 s 25

Safe place for newborns, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 25

Saint Cloud Hospital, family practice residency program, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 4

Services, relocations or ceasing to offer, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 31

Sexual assault victims, examination kit handling, Minn. Law 2020 5Sp c 3 art 9 s 1

State hospitals, see REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS

Stroke hospitals and centers

Criteria for, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 27

Designation, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 28

Substance use disorder treatment programs, substance use disorder demonstration project, Minn. Law 2026 c 95 art 5 s 29, 30

Surgical smoke, evacuation system policies, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 7 s 9

Swing beds, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 11 s 33

Critical access hospitals, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 52

Exceptions, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 54

Limitations, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 53

Medical assistance

Coverage requirements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 85, 86

Payment rates, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 88

Teaching institutions, surcharges, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 54 s 2, 9

Trauma hospitals, contracts, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 59 s 30

Violations and penalties, relocations or ceasing to offer services, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 58 s 9

Violence against health care workers, Minn. Law 2023 c 75 s 6

Waivers, patient revenue surcharges, limitation, federal waivers, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 114

Workers' compensation

Hospital outpatient fee schedule (HOFS), Minn. Law 2023 c 51 art 4 s 1

Inpatient hospital payments, Minn. Law 2023 c 51 art 6 s 6

Workers' compensation, inpatient hospital payments, Minn. Law 2021 c 12 s 3, 4