1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health care; reducing the license fee for manufacturers and wholesalers
1.3 of medical gases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 151.065, subdivisions
1.4 1, 3, 7.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 151.065, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Application fees.Application fees for licensure and registration are as
1.8follows:
1.9 (1) pharmacist licensed by examination, $175;
1.10 (2) pharmacist licensed by reciprocity, $275;
1.11 (3) pharmacy intern, $50;
1.12 (4) pharmacy technician, $50;
1.13 (5) pharmacy, $260;
1.14 (6) drug wholesaler, legend drugs only, $5,260;
1.15 (7) drug wholesaler, legend and nonlegend drugs, $5,260;
1.16 (8) drug wholesaler, nonlegend drugs, veterinary legend drugs, or both, $5,260;
1.17 (9) drug wholesaler, medical gases, $5,260 for the first facility and $260 for each
1.18additional facility;
1.19 (10) third-party logistics provider, $260;
1.20 (11) drug manufacturer, nonopiate legend drugs only, $5,260;
1Section 1.
23-01175 as introduced01/06/23 REVISOR AGW/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 337NINETY-THIRD SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Utke, Lieske, Drazkowski and Lucero)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/17/2023
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (12) drug manufacturer, nonopiate legend and nonlegend drugs, $5,260;
2.2 (13) drug manufacturer, nonlegend or veterinary legend drugs, $5,260;
2.3 (14) drug manufacturer, medical gases, $5,260 for the first facility and $260 for each
2.4additional facility;
2.5 (15) drug manufacturer, also licensed as a pharmacy in Minnesota, $5,260;
2.6 (16) drug manufacturer of opiate-containing controlled substances listed in section
2.7152.02, subdivisions 3 to 5, $55,260;
2.8 (17) medical gas dispenser, $260;
2.9 (18) controlled substance researcher, $75; and
2.10 (19) pharmacy professional corporation, $150.
2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 151.065, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.13 Subd. 3.Annual renewal fees.Annual licensure and registration renewal fees are as
2.14follows:
2.15 (1) pharmacist, $175;
2.16 (2) pharmacy technician, $50;
2.17 (3) pharmacy, $260;
2.18 (4) drug wholesaler, legend drugs only, $5,260;
2.19 (5) drug wholesaler, legend and nonlegend drugs, $5,260;
2.20 (6) drug wholesaler, nonlegend drugs, veterinary legend drugs, or both, $5,260;
2.21 (7) drug wholesaler, medical gases, $5,260 for the first facility and $260 for each
2.22additional facility;
2.23 (8) third-party logistics provider, $260;
2.24 (9) drug manufacturer, nonopiate legend drugs only, $5,260;
2.25 (10) drug manufacturer, nonopiate legend and nonlegend drugs, $5,260;
2.26 (11) drug manufacturer, nonlegend, veterinary legend drugs, or both, $5,260;
2.27 (12) drug manufacturer, medical gases, $5,260 for the first facility and $260 for each
2.28additional facility;
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23-01175 as introduced01/06/23 REVISOR AGW/BM 3.1 (13) drug manufacturer, also licensed as a pharmacy in Minnesota, $5,260;
3.2 (14) drug manufacturer of opiate-containing controlled substances listed in section
3.3152.02, subdivisions 3 to 5, $55,260;
3.4 (15) medical gas dispenser, $260;
3.5 (16) controlled substance researcher, $75; and
3.6 (17) pharmacy professional corporation, $100.
3.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 151.065, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
3.9 Subd. 7.Deposit of fees.(a) The license fees collected under this section, with the
3.10exception of the fees identified in paragraphs (b) and (c), shall be deposited in the state
3.11government special revenue fund.
3.12 (b) $5,000 of each fee collected under subdivision 1, clauses (6) to (9) (8), and (11) to
3.13(13), and (15), and subdivision 3, clauses (4) to (7) (6), and (9) to (11), and (13), and $55,000
3.14of each fee collected under subdivision 1, clause (16), and subdivision 3, clause (14), shall
3.15be deposited in the opiate epidemic response fund established in section 256.043.
3.16 (c) If the fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (16), or subdivision 3, clause (14),
3.17are reduced under section 256.043, $5,000 of the reduced fee shall be deposited in the opiate
3.18epidemic response fund in section 256.043.
3.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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