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MN HF1993
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Luke Frederick
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AI Summary
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Expands who can administer comprehensive substance use disorder assessments beyond alcohol and drug counselors to include mental health professionals, clinical trainees under supervision, and licensed registered nurses with training in addiction and co-occurring disorders
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Requires assessments to be completed face-to-face within five calendar days of service initiation for residential programs or by the fifth treatment day for nonresidential programs
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Modifies treatment coordination provider qualifications by reducing supervised experience requirement from 2,000 hours to 1,000 hours and adding mental health practitioners as eligible providers
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Requires treatment coordinators to receive at least one hour of monthly supervision from an alcohol and drug counselor or qualified mental health professional
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Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to study and report to the legislature by January 15, 2027, with recommendations to eliminate limitations on licensed health professionals' ability to provide substance use disorder treatment within their scopes of practice
Legislative Description
Substance use disorder comprehensive assessment requirements and treatment provider qualifications modified, and study and report on substance use disorder treatment practice limitations required.
Last Action
Authors added Johnson, P.; Norris; Curran; and Fischer
3/26/2025