Minnesota Session Laws 2026 to 2019 Index (topics)
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, informed consent, sensitive examinations, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 2 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