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MN HF4070
Bill
Status
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Heather Keeler
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AI Summary
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Requires Minnesota Department of Health approval through a public interest review before hospitals or hospital campuses can curtail operations requiring patient relocation, relocate health services to another facility, or cease offering operating room services, intensive care unit services, or pediatric overnight services
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Applies retroactively to hospital actions for which notice was previously provided to the commissioner under section 144.555, even if notice was given before the law's effective date
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Exempts hospitals from the review requirement if they cease operations due to corporate insolvency or if changes are necessary due to fire, tornado, flood, storm damage, or similar disaster as determined by the commissioner
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Grants the commissioner of health enforcement authority under section 144.653 to ensure compliance with the new requirements
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Takes effect the day following final enactment and creates new section 144.5551 in Minnesota Statutes
Legislative Description
Public interest review by the Minnesota Department of Health on hospital and hospital campus cessations in operations, curtailments of operations, relocations of health services, and cessations in offering certain health services established.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
3/9/2026