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MN HF1940

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Robert Bierman

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Clarifies that members of the Palliative Care Advisory Council appointed on or after February 1, 2022, serve three-year terms as specified in Minnesota Statutes section 144.059, subdivision 3.

  • Eliminates the sunset provision that would have terminated the Palliative Care Advisory Council on January 1, 2025, by repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.059, subdivision 10.

  • Appropriates $150,000 in fiscal year 2024 to the commissioner of human services for a study of fiscal, medical, and social impacts of implementing a palliative care benefit in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare, with results due to legislative health care committees by January 15, 2024.

  • Appropriates $44,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $44,000 in fiscal year 2025 to the commissioner of health for the Palliative Care Advisory Council operations.

Legislative Description

Palliative Care Advisory Council member terms clarified, Palliative Care Advisory Council sunset eliminated, report required, and money appropriated.

Last Action

Author added Hemmingsen-Jaeger

3/16/2023

Committee Referrals

Health Finance & Policy2/16/2023

Full Bill Text

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