Bill > HF3344

This bill: Creates comprehensive legal protections and training requirements for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and people living with HIV who receive long-term care, home care, and home and community-based services in Minnesota. The bill addresses widespread discrimination and challenges faced by these communities in care settings by mandating cultural competency training for staff, establishing explicit non-discrimination protections, and creating mechanisms for reporting and addressing violations. Key provisions include requiring staff training on LGBTQIA2S+ and HIV cultural competency, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, HIV status, and other characteristics, ensuring residents' rights to use preferred names and pronouns, allowing access to gender-affirming care, protecting privacy, preventing arbitrary transfers or discharges, and enabling civil actions for rights violations. The bill applies to various care settings like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home care services, with training requirements tailored to different types of staff. Significantly, the legislation mandates immediate fines for substantial rights violations and provides a framework for creating more inclusive, respectful care environments that affirm the dignity of LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and those living with HIV.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3344&ssn=0&y=2025