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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to labor; removing expedited rulemaking authority for the Minnesota
3	3	1.3 Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
4	4	1.4 sections 181.213, subdivisions 1, 3; 181.214, subdivision 1; 181.215, subdivision
5	5	1.5 2.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.213, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Authority to establish minimum nursing home employment
9	9	1.9standards.(a) The board must adopt rules establishing minimum nursing home employment
10	10	1.10standards that are reasonably necessary and appropriate to protect the health and welfare
11	11	1.11of nursing home workers, to ensure that nursing home workers are properly trained about
12	12	1.12and fully informed of their rights under sections 181.211 to 181.217, and to otherwise satisfy
13	13	1.13the purposes of sections 181.211 to 181.217. Standards established by the board must include
14	14	1.14standards on compensation for nursing home workers, and may include recommendations
15	15	1.15under paragraph (c). The board may not adopt standards that are less protective of or
16	16	1.16beneficial to nursing home workers as any other applicable statute or rule or any standard
17	17	1.17previously established by the board unless there is a determination by the board under
18	18	1.18subdivision 2 that existing standards exceed the operating payment rate and external fixed
19	19	1.19costs payment rates included in the most recent budget and economic forecast completed
20	20	1.20under section 16A.103. In establishing standards under this section, the board must establish
21	21	1.21statewide standards, and may adopt standards that apply to specific nursing home occupations.
22	22	1.22 (b) The board must adopt rules establishing initial standards for wages for nursing home
23	23	1.23workers no later than November 1, 2024. The board may use the authority in section 14.389
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR SS/EN 25-0230801/16/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 2250
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Schomacker03/12/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy 2.1to adopt rules under this paragraph. The board shall consult with the department in the
34	34	2.2development of these standards prior to beginning the rule adoption process.
35	35	2.3 (c) To the extent that any minimum standards that the board finds are reasonably
36	36	2.4necessary and appropriate to protect the health and welfare of nursing home workers fall
37	37	2.5within the jurisdiction of chapter 182, the board shall not adopt rules establishing the
38	38	2.6standards but shall instead recommend the occupational health and safety standards to the
39	39	2.7commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt nursing home health and safety standards
40	40	2.8under section 182.655 as recommended by the board, unless the commissioner determines
41	41	2.9that the recommended standard is outside the statutory authority of the commissioner,
42	42	2.10presents enforceability challenges, is infeasible to implement, or is otherwise unlawful and
43	43	2.11issues a written explanation of this determination.
44	44	2.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.213, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45	45	2.13 Subd. 3.Review of standards.At least once every two years, the board shall:
46	46	2.14 (1) conduct a full review of the adequacy of the minimum nursing home employment
47	47	2.15standards previously established by the board; and
48	48	2.16 (2) following that review, adopt new rules, amend or repeal existing rules, or make
49	49	2.17recommendations to adopt new rules or amend or repeal existing rules for minimum nursing
50	50	2.18home employment standards using the expedited rulemaking process in section 14.389, as
51	51	2.19appropriate to meet the purposes of sections 181.211 to 181.217.
52	52	2.20 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.214, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53	53	2.21 Subdivision 1.Certification of worker organizations.The board shall certify worker
54	54	2.22organizations that it finds are qualified to provide training to nursing home workers according
55	55	2.23to this section. The board shall by rule establish certification criteria that a worker
56	56	2.24organization must meet in order to be certified and provide a process for renewal of
57	57	2.25certification upon the board's review of the worker organization's compliance with this
58	58	2.26section. In adopting rules to establish certification criteria under this subdivision, the board
59	59	2.27may use the authority in section 14.389. The criteria must ensure that a worker organization,
60	60	2.28if certified, is able to provide:
61	61	2.29 (1) effective, interactive training on the information required by this section; and
62	62	2.30 (2) follow-up written materials and responses to inquiries from nursing home workers
63	63	2.31in the languages in which nursing home workers are proficient.
64	64	2Sec. 3.
65	65	REVISOR SS/EN 25-0230801/16/25 3.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.215, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66	66	3.2 Subd. 2.Minimum content and posting requirements.The board must adopt rules
67	67	3.3under section 14.389 specifying the minimum content and posting requirements for the
68	68	3.4notices required in subdivision 1. The board must make available to nursing home employers
69	69	3.5a template or sample notice that satisfies the requirements of this section and rules adopted
70	70	3.6under this section.
71	71	3Sec. 4.
72	72	REVISOR SS/EN 25-0230801/16/25