S.F. No. 3257 Summary

• Adds a new exception (clause 31) to Minnesota's hospital construction moratorium allowing a freestanding children's hospital in St. Paul to add 22 licensed beds for pediatric inpatient behavioral health services.

• The hospital must be part of an independent pediatric health system with freestanding inpatient hospitals in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

• Permits the hospital to add beds prior to completion of public interest review if a plan is submitted by the 2022 deadline and timelines under section 144.552 are followed.

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 144.551, subdivision 1, which restricts hospital construction that increases bed capacity or establishes new hospitals, except under specific exemptions.