MN SF1257

Exempts individuals with valid health-related licenses who completed criminal background checks under section 214.075 from separate background studies required under chapter 245C, applicable to workers in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other health care settings.

Requires health-related licensing boards to provide daily roster lists of licensed individuals to the commissioner of human services to identify those subject to maltreatment findings, effective August 1, 2022.

Transfers responsibility for disciplinary action from the commissioner of human services to health-related licensing boards when a licensed individual is found responsible for substantiated maltreatment, effective February 1, 2023.

Allows health-related licensing boards to collect additional fees from licensees to cover costs of maltreatment studies, with costs apportioned based on the number of licensees each board oversees.

Appropriates $522,000 in fiscal year 2023 to the commissioner of human services to eliminate duplicative background studies, with ongoing appropriations of $334,000 (FY2024), $574,000 (FY2025), $170,000 (FY2026), and $170,000 (FY2027).