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This bill, named the "Larry R. Hill Medical Reform Act," proposes changes to Minnesota's correctional facility regulations, focusing on improving medical care for incarcerated individuals. Specifically, the bill adds a new provision requiring correctional facilities to continue providing medications that individuals were taking prior to incarceration, with some exceptions. These exceptions allow for medication changes if a licensed healthcare professional determines the medication is no longer necessary due to resolved medical conditions, if the incarcerated individual chooses to stop taking the medication, or if a more effective medication is prescribed and accepted by the individual. The bill also modifies existing language about medication administration in correctional facilities, including a new requirement to determine and follow any existing Jarvis Orders (legal orders related to involuntary medication) during confinement. Additionally, the bill reinforces the Commissioner of Corrections' authority to inspect and license correctional facilities, with specific emphasis on medical care standards, mental health screening, suicide prevention, medication verification, and overall health and safety protocols for incarcerated individuals.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0264&ssn=0&y=2025