Licensed pharmacist authority expanded to initiate, order, and administer vaccines and medical and laboratory tests; and medical assistance coverage required.
Child care assistance expanded, grants and rules regarding children's mental health expanded and modified, transition to community initiative modified, staff training requirements modified, covered transportation services modified, coverage of clinical care coordination modified, children's long-term stays in emergency room rules modified, rural family response and stabilization services pilot program established, and money appropriated.
Administrative changes made to the statutes governing the retirement plans administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement Association, and the Teachers Retirement Association; and experience requirements modified for a Teachers Retirement Association executive director.
First-generation homebuyers down payment assistance fund established under the administration of a central community development financial institution, report required, and money appropriated.
State and local jail and prison inmates required to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons, and state and counties prohibited from contracting with private prisons.
Animal health; data declassified, owners of farmed Cervidae requirements modified, registrations prohibited, civil liability established, disposition of federal funds modified, live-animal testing required for chronic wasting disease, Board of Animal Health duties transferred to commissioner of natural resources, and money appropriated.
Policy changes made related to State Patrol duties, including school bus inspections, commercial vehicle inspections, and rearview mirror requirements; and penalty established.