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Introduced
02/08/2023
02/08/2023
In Committee
05/22/2023
05/22/2023
Crossed Over
04/26/2023
04/26/2023
Passed
05/23/2023
05/23/2023
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/26/2023
05/26/2023
Introduced Session
93rd Legislature 2023-2024
Bill Summary
A bill for an act relating to health; enacting the Nurse and Patient Safety Act; modifying requirements related to hospital preparedness and incident response action plans to acts of violence; modifying eligibility for nursing facility employee scholarships; modifying eligibility for the health professional education loan forgiveness program; requiring the commissioner of health to study hospital staffing; requiring a report; modifying appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144.1501, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 144.566; 144.608, subdivision 1, as amended; 147A.08; 2023 S.F. 2995, article 20, sections 12, if enacted; 15, if enacted; 2, subdivision 31, if enacted.
AI Summary
This bill, the Nurse and Patient Safety Act, modifies several existing laws related to healthcare in Minnesota. It creates a new loan forgiveness program for hospital nurses, expands eligibility for other existing loan forgiveness programs, requires hospitals to develop and update action plans to address workplace violence, mandates training for healthcare workers on responding to and de-escalating acts of violence, and directs the Commissioner of Health to study the current nursing workforce in Minnesota. The bill also appropriates funding and makes other technical changes related to these provisions.
Committee Categories
Justice, Labor and Employment
Sponsors (4)
Last Action
Secretary of State, Filed (on 05/26/2023)
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