| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; requiring hospitals and birth centers to educate parents on |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 recognizing physical abuse in infants; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes, chapter 144. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [144.575] EDUCATION ON RECOGNIZING PHYSICAL ABUSE IN |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7INFANTS. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (a) All hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 and birth centers licensed |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9under section 144.615 must provide the parents of each newborn born at the hospital or |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10birth center with written materials to educate parents on how to recognize the signs of |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11physical abuse in infants and how to report suspected physical abuse of infants. Hospitals |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12and birth centers must provide written materials obtained from or approved by the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13commissioner of health, and must provide these written materials to the newborn's parents |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14before the newborn is discharged from the hospital or birth center after birth. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) The commissioner must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (1) develop and make available to hospitals, birth centers, and interested individuals, at |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17cost, written materials for hospitals and birth centers to provide to parents of newborns |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18according to paragraph (a); and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (2) review and approve or disapprove written materials submitted by hospitals and birth |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20centers for provision to parents of newborns according to paragraph (a). |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | REVISOR SGS/NS 25-0286702/10/25 |
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| 23 | 23 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 25 | 25 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 26 | 26 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 27 | 27 | | H. F. No. 953 |
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| 28 | 28 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | Authored by West and Hanson, J.,02/17/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1If the commissioner disapproves written materials submitted to the commissioner under |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2this paragraph, the commissioner may suggest modifications to the written materials that, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3if made, would allow the commissioner to approve the written materials. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | REVISOR SGS/NS 25-0286702/10/25 |
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