1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to horse racing; medication; providing for certain regulatory threshold 
1.3 	concentrations to be set by the commission;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 240.24, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall 
1.8 	allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or 
1.9 	steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the 
1.10 	agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee 
1.11 	of the veterinarian employed by the commission; (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory 
1.12 	drugs, provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the 
1.13 	substance or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasma the regulatory threshold 
1.14 	concentrations set by rule by the commission; and (5) medications and their metabolites, 
1.15 	provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule 
1.16 	by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily substance 
1.17 	including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, taken 
1.18 	from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such manner as 
1.19 	prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.