SF 4018

A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying provisions relating to the Department of Health, gas resource development, hospital stabilization, health licensing boards, health care, federal conformity, medical assistance fraud prevention and conforming changes, children, youth, and families policy, children, youth, and families budget, the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, child care center licensing modernization, and family child care licensing modernization; making forecast adjustments for the Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth, and Families; appropriating money for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Human Services, and other agencies; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 8.16, subdivision 1; 16A.152, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 62A.01, by adding a subdivision; 62A.011, subdivision 3; 62J.17, subdivision 6a; 62J.2930, subdivision 1; 62K.02, subdivision 2; 62K.03, subdivision 6; 62K.075; 62K.105; 62K.14; 62U.04, subdivisions 4, 13, by adding a subdivision; 62V.05, subdivision 7; 62V.13; 93.514; 103I.001; 103I.005, subdivisions 9, 21, by adding subdivisions; 103I.601, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 116.943, subdivision 2; 116J.035, by adding a subdivision; 124D.19, by adding a subdivision; 142A.43; 142B.10, subdivision 18; 142B.30, by adding a subdivision; 142B.65, subdivision 7; 142B.70, subdivision 6; 142C.12, subdivision 3; 142D.05, subdivision 8; 142D.21, subdivision 6; 142D.25, subdivision 3; 142E.04, subdivision 4; 144.059, subdivision 8; 144.1222, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 144.1501, subdivision 2; 144.1503, subdivision 7; 144.1505, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 144.1507, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, by adding a subdivision; 144.1911, subdivisions 1, 5, 6; 144.293, subdivision 7; 144.551, subdivision 1, as amended; 145.56, subdivision 5; 145.561, subdivision 2; 145.882, by adding subdivisions; 145A.04, subdivision 15; 145A.14, subdivision 2a; 148.01, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 148.09; 148.10, by adding a subdivision; 148.102, subdivision 3; 148.105, subdivision 1; 148.517, subdivisions 1, 2; 148.5191, subdivision 4; 149A.91, subdivision 3; 149A.94, subdivision 1; 149A.955, subdivision 14; 151.01, subdivision 35, by adding a subdivision; 151.555, subdivision 7; 151.741, subdivision 4; 214.10, subdivision 2a; 214.41; 245A.211, subdivision 1; 245C.04, subdivision 1; 245C.15, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256.969, subdivisions 2b, 25; 256B.04, subdivision 27; 256B.05, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 256B.055, subdivision 17; 256B.056, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3d, 7, 7a; 256B.0561, subdivision 2; 256B.06, subdivision 4; 256B.061; 256B.0631, subdivision 1a, by adding subdivisions; 256B.75; 256L.05, subdivision 3; 256L.06, subdivision 3; 259.83, subdivision 1, as amended; 260.63, subdivision 10; 260.64, subdivision 2; 260.67, subdivision 1; 260.68, subdivision 2; 260.69, subdivision 1; 260.693, subdivision 2; 260C.190, subdivision 1; 260C.212, subdivisions 1, 4a, by adding a subdivision; 260C.451, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a; 295.52, subdivision 8; 383B.903, subdivisions 1, 4; 383B.904, subdivision 1; 383B.908, subdivisions 5, 7; 471.6161, by adding a subdivision; 609.52, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 3.732, subdivision 1; 62K.10, subdivision 2; 144.125, subdivision 1; 145A.061, subdivision 3; 145C.18, subdivisions 3, 4; 148.108, subdivision 5; 151.741, subdivision 5; 256.043, subdivision 3; 256.9657, subdivision 2b; 256.969, subdivision 2f; 256B.0625, subdivision 8; 256B.12; 256B.1973, subdivision 9; 256B.69, subdivision 6d; 256B.695, subdivision 5; 260.691, subdivision 1; 260.692, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 260C.451, subdivision 8; 268.19, subdivision 1; 609.531, subdivision 1; 609.902, subdivision 4; 628.26; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 2, as amended; 3, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2024, chapter 117, sections 9; 21; 22; Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 67, section 7; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 3, article 8, section 25; article 23, section 2, subdivision 12; Laws 2026, chapter 88, article 1, section 181; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 103I; 142D; 144; 148; 256B; 260; 609; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapters 142H; 142I; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13D.08, subdivision 4; 62J.06; 62J.156; 62J.2930, subdivision 4; 62J.57; 62U.10, subdivision 4; 142B.01, subdivisions 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27; 142B.41, subdivisions 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13; 142B.54, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 142B.62; 142B.65, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10; 142B.66, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 142B.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12; 142B.71; 142B.72; 142B.74; 142B.75; 142B.76; 142B.77; 144.9821; 151.741, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 256B.198; 256B.69, subdivision 31a; 260.63, subdivision 9; 609.466; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 142B.41, subdivision 9; 142B.65, subdivisions 8, 9; 142B.66, subdivision 3; 142B.70, subdivisions 7, 8; Minnesota Rules, parts 2500.0100, subparts 5b, 6, 12; 2500.1900; 2500.2020; 2500.2040; 2500.2100; 2500.2110; 6800.0400; 6800.1150; 9502.0300; 9502.0315; 9502.0325; 9502.0335; 9502.0341; 9502.0345; 9502.0355; 9502.0365; 9502.0367; 9502.0375; 9502.0395; 9502.0405; 9502.0415; 9502.0425; 9502.0435; 9502.0445; 9503.0005; 9503.0010; 9503.0015; 9503.0030; 9503.0031; 9503.0032; 9503.0033; 9503.0034; 9503.0040; 9503.0045; 9503.0050; 9503.0055; 9503.0060; 9503.0065; 9503.0070; 9503.0075; 9503.0080; 9503.0085; 9503.0090; 9503.0095; 9503.0100; 9503.0105; 9503.0110; 9503.0115; 9503.0120; 9503.0125; 9503.0130; 9503.0140; 9503.0145; 9503.0150; 9503.0155; 9503.0170.

A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring judge to inquire whether victim has been notified of plea and sentencing hearings; protecting victim from identification in prosecutor's petition for sentence adjustment; expanding victim notification of defendant eligibility for automatic expungement; protecting identity of minor victim in a crime involving sexual performance; expanding protection from employer retaliation to victims of stalking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.133, subdivision 4; 609.3471; 611A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 611A.036, subdivision 7; 611A.038; 611A.039, subdivision 1.

A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5; providing for public debt to be incurred for public information technology systems, licenses, and infrastructure.

A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a hospital stabilization program; establishing a community-based safety net provider stabilization program; establishing a Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., stabilization grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.103, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

A Senate resolution designating May 3 to 9, 2026, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week

A bill for an act relating to state-operated human services; modifying Direct Care and Treatment data requirements; establishing classification alignment for Direct Care and Treatment employees; modifying Direct Care and Treatment procedures for patient consent to medical procedures; modifying voluntary patient transfer procedures; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.7381; 13.04, subdivision 4a; 13.384, subdivision 1; 13.46, subdivision 1; 182.6545; 253B.03, subdivision 6; 253B.18, subdivision 14; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 253B.18, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246C.

A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing prices for prescription drugs subject to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

A bill for an act relating to public safety; regulating the ownership, possession, and sale of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines; modifying provisions for possessing dangerous weapons in schools, negligently storing firearms, and reporting on firearms discharge by law enforcement; reenacting the binary trigger ban; criminalizing ghost guns; modifying and clarifying the extreme risk protection order law; encouraging schools to implement local anonymous threat reporting systems; modifying reimbursement rates for mental health providers in the medical assistance program; requiring reports; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 609.66, subdivisions 1d, 1f; 609.666, subdivisions 1, 2; 624.712, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 624.7131, by adding a subdivision; 624.7132, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15; 624.7134, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 624.7141, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 624.7171, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 624.7172; 624.7173; 624.7174; 624.7175; 624.7176, subdivisions 1, 2; 624.7177, subdivision 2; 624.7178, subdivisions 1, 4; 626.553, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 256B.761, by adding a subdivision; 624.7132, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 624; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, subdivision 38; 609.667.

A bill for an act relating to health; modifying coverage of home care nursing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.545.

A bill for an act relating to human services; regulating electronic visit verification requirements; modifying nonemergency medical transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256B.0625, subdivision 17b; 256B.073, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.073, subdivision 4.

A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying provisions relating to continuity of care, long-term care facilities, health care, Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy, background studies, uniform services standards, aging and disability services, and electronic visit verification; making conforming changes; authorizing rulemaking; providing for civil penalties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.46, subdivision 7; 142E.16, by adding a subdivision; 144.1503, subdivision 7; 144.294, subdivision 2; 144A.291, subdivision 2; 144A.471, subdivision 8; 144G.15; 144G.16, by adding a subdivision; 144G.195, subdivision 1; 144G.45, subdivision 3; 245.095, subdivisions 2, 5, as amended, by adding a subdivision; 245.096; 245.462, by adding a subdivision; 245.4661, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 245.4711, subdivision 5; 245.4881, subdivision 5; 245.4882, subdivision 6; 245.735, subdivision 6; 245A.02, subdivisions 5a, 13; 245A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a; 245A.042, by adding a subdivision; 245A.043, subdivision 2; 245A.07, subdivision 2a; 245A.10, by adding a subdivision; 245A.26, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 245A.65, subdivision 1a; 245C.02, subdivision 18; 245C.03, subdivisions 1, 3a, 9, by adding subdivisions; 245C.04, subdivision 1; 245C.10, subdivision 8; 245C.15, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 245C.24, subdivision 2; 245D.04, subdivision 3; 245D.081, subdivision 3; 245D.10, subdivision 4; 245D.12; 245G.03, subdivision 1; 245I.011, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; 245I.02, subdivisions 33, 39, by adding subdivisions; 245I.03, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 245I.06, subdivisions 1, 2; 245I.07; 245I.10, subdivisions 6, as amended, 8, by adding a subdivision; 245I.23, subdivisions 4, 5, 8, 12, 16, 17; 254A.03, subdivision 2; 254B.17; 256.01, subdivision 21, by adding a subdivision; 256.975, subdivision 7b; 256B.02, by adding a subdivision; 256B.04, subdivisions 5, 10, 23, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0623, subdivisions 1, 3, 12, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0624, subdivisions 1, 4, as amended, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0625, subdivision 17b, by adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivisions 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0651, subdivision 17; 256B.0659, subdivisions 12, 16, 17, 19; 256B.0671, by adding a subdivision; 256B.073, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, by adding subdivisions; 256B.076, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0761, subdivisions 2, 3; 256B.0911, subdivision 32, as amended; 256B.092, subdivision 14; 256B.0922, by adding a subdivision; 256B.094, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 256B.0943, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0949, subdivision 17, by adding a subdivision; 256B.27, subdivision 3; 256B.49, subdivision 25; 256B.4912, by adding subdivisions; 256B.4914, subdivisions 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 7b, 9a, 13, by adding subdivisions; 256B.492, by adding a subdivision; 256B.69, subdivisions 5a, 37, by adding subdivisions; 256B.85, subdivision 23a, by adding subdivisions; 256S.15, by adding a subdivision; 256S.21, by adding subdivisions; 297E.02, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 15.013, by adding a subdivision; 144.0724, subdivision 11; 245.4661, subdivision 9; 245.4835, subdivision 2; 245.4871, subdivision 4; 245.735, subdivision 4d; 245A.03, subdivision 2; 245A.04, subdivisions 1, as amended, 7; 245A.043, subdivision 2a; 245A.05; 245A.07, subdivision 3; 245A.10, subdivisions 3, 4; 245A.142, subdivision 3; 245A.242, subdivision 2; 245C.02, subdivision 15a; 245C.05, subdivision 5; 245C.07; 245C.13, subdivision 2; 245C.15, subdivision 4a; 245C.16, subdivision 1; 245C.22, subdivision 5; 245I.04, subdivisions 5, 17, as amended; 245I.06, subdivision 3; 245I.23, subdivisions 7, 10; 254B.02, subdivision 5; 254B.0503, subdivision 1; 254B.0505, by adding a subdivision; 254B.0509, subdivision 2; 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.4792, subdivisions 1, 7, by adding a subdivision; 256B.04, subdivision 21, as amended; 256B.0625, subdivisions 5m, as amended, 17, 18i, 20; 256B.0659, subdivision 21; 256B.0701, subdivision 9; 256B.0911, subdivision 30; 256B.0924, subdivision 6, as amended; 256B.0943, subdivisions 3, 12; 256B.0949, subdivision 16, as amended; 256B.4914, subdivisions 3, 5a, 8, 9; 256B.85, subdivisions 7, 12, 17a; 256I.04, subdivision 2a; 256L.03, subdivision 5, as amended; 260E.03, subdivision 6; 260E.11, subdivision 1; 260E.14, subdivision 1; 626.5572, subdivision 13, as amended; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 13, section 73, as amended; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 3, article 8, section 43; article 20, section 19, subdivision 1; article 21, section 3, subdivision 2; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, sections 2; 23; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 50; 57; Laws 2026, chapter 95, article 4, section 2; article 5, section 23, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 245A; 245I; 256B; 256R; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.735, subdivisions 1a, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4e, 7, 8; 245C.03, subdivision 7; 245I.20, subdivision 9; 245I.23, subdivision 23; 256B.055, subdivision 14; 256B.0623, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6, 9; 256B.0624, subdivisions 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 11; 256B.073, subdivision 4; 256B.0911, subdivision 21; 256B.0921; 256B.0943, subdivisions 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 11; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245.735, subdivisions 3, 4d; 245A.10, subdivision 3a; 256B.0701, subdivision 11; 256B.0911, subdivisions 24a, 25a; 256B.0943, subdivisions 1, 9; Minnesota Rules, part 9505.2165, subpart 4.

A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; making administrative and technical changes; Public Employees Retirement Association local government correctional service retirement plan; reducing the employee and employer contribution rates and increasing postretirement adjustments; public employees police and fire retirement plan; reducing the waiting period for post-retirement adjustments; providing direct state aid; Teachers Retirement Association; making administrative changes; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; decreasing employee contributions; providing direct state aid; modifying the termination process for firefighter relief associations; implementing recommendations of the state auditor's fire relief association working group; special legislation for the Maple Plain fire department termination of participation in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan; modifying the definition of salary to exclude pay for Minnesota paid leave; requiring the employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions to the pension plan that covers the annuitant; authorizing elected officials to participate in the health care savings plan; Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program; making administrative changes; revising enrollment, notice, annual reporting, and board of director requirements; State Board of Investment; modifying expense apportionment among funds managed by the State Board of Investment; establishing work groups on relief associations and duty disability; establishing the Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; establishing the Local Government Probation and Telecommunicator Retirement Plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association; transfers from the general fund to the new probation and telecommunicator to fund a temporary reduction in employee contribution rates; special legislation for an individual's periods of omitted service; special legislation for an individual with a missing higher education individual retirement account; making technical changes; appropriating and transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 6.496; 11A.07, subdivision 5; 11A.17, subdivision 1; 43A.346, subdivisions 8, 10; 144F.01, subdivision 2; 187.03, by adding subdivisions; 187.05, subdivisions 1, 7, by adding a subdivision; 187.06, subdivision 3; 187.07, by adding a subdivision; 187.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 8; 299K.03, subdivision 3; 299N.02, subdivision 1; 352.01, subdivision 13; 352.021, subdivision 2; 352.029, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 352.115, subdivisions 7a, 8, 9, 10; 352.1155, subdivision 3; 352.75, subdivision 2; 352.87, subdivisions 1, 2; 352.951; 352.98, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.01, subdivisions 10, 16, 37; 353.0141, subdivision 1; 353.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 353.15, subdivision 1; 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7b, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.33, subdivisions 3, 7a, 11; 353.34, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.37, subdivision 5; 353.371, subdivisions 6, 7; 353.46, subdivision 2; 353D.03, subdivision 6; 353E.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 353G.02, subdivision 4; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 353G.18, subdivision 4; 354.05, subdivisions 35, 37, by adding a subdivision; 354.07, subdivision 2; 354.44, subdivision 5; 354.444, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 354.445; 354.48, subdivisions 4, 6; 354A.011, subdivisions 14b, 24; 354A.021, subdivision 8; 354A.095; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 3a, 3c; 354A.29, subdivision 7; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.216; 356.219, subdivision 1; 356.24, subdivision 3; 356.30, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.302, subdivisions 1, 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.315, subdivision 9; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415, subdivisions 1g, 2, by adding a subdivision; 356.461, subdivisions 1, 2; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.48, subdivision 1; 356.611, subdivision 6; 356.635, subdivision 2a; 356.65, subdivision 1; 356B.02; 423A.02, subdivisions 1b, 3; 424A.001, subdivisions 8, 9, 9a, 9b; 424A.01, subdivision 3; 424A.014, subdivision 1; 424A.016, subdivision 4; 424B.10, subdivision 1b; 424B.22, subdivisions 5, 7, 8, 9, as amended; 465.90; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 11A.04; 11A.07, subdivision 4; 151.37, subdivision 12; 181.101; 187.03, subdivisions 5, 6a; 187.05, subdivisions 1a, 4; 187.07, subdivision 1; 187.08, subdivision 3; 187.11; 187.12, subdivision 1; 299A.465, subdivision 1; 352.029, subdivision 3; 352.905, by adding a subdivision; 352.907, by adding a subdivision; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 353.65, subdivision 3b; 353D.01, subdivision 2; 353D.02, subdivision 7; 356.215, subdivisions 8, 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 356.415, subdivision 1c; 423A.022, subdivision 2; 424A.016, subdivision 6; 424A.05, subdivision 3; Laws 2022, chapter 65, article 3, section 1, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 1, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 187; 352; 424A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353H; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 352.87, subdivision 8; 424A.01, subdivision 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 187.07, subdivision 3.

Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide

Regards use of light-based medical devices for hair removal

Public Health - Abortion (Heartbeat Bill)

Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide

Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide

Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide