Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2751 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to health; providing residents of long-term care facilities with the right to
3	3	1.3 a designated support person; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 144.651,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 10a; 144G.91, by adding a subdivision.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.651, subdivision 10a, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 10a.Designated support person for pregnant patient or other patient.(a)
8	8	1.8Subject to paragraph (c), a health care provider and a health care facility must allow, at a
9	9	1.9minimum, one designated support person chosen by a patient, including but not limited to
10	10	1.10a pregnant patient, to be physically present while the patient is receiving health care services
11	11	1.11including during a hospital stay. Subject to paragraph (c), a facility must allow, at a minimum,
12	12	1.12one designated support person chosen by the resident to be physically present with the
13	13	1.13resident while the resident is at the facility.
14	14	1.14 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "designated support person" means any person
15	15	1.15chosen by the patient or resident to provide comfort to the patient or resident, including but
16	16	1.16not limited to the patient's or resident's spouse, partner, family member, or another person
17	17	1.17related by affinity. Certified doulas and traditional midwives may not be counted toward
18	18	1.18the limit of one designated support person.
19	19	1.19 (c) A facility may restrict or prohibit the presence of a designated support person in
20	20	1.20treatment rooms, procedure rooms, and operating rooms when such a restriction or prohibition
21	21	1.21is strictly necessary to meet the appropriate standard of care. A facility may also restrict or
22	22	1.22prohibit the presence of a designated support person if the designated support person is
23	23	1.23acting in a violent or threatening manner toward others. Any restriction or prohibition of a
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-03603 as introduced02/18/25 REVISOR SGS/HL
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 2751NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN and Abeler)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading03/20/2025
32	32	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1designated support person by the facility is subject to the facility's written internal grievance
33	33	2.2procedure required by subdivision 20.
34	34	2.3 (d) This subdivision does not apply to a patient or resident at a state-operated treatment
35	35	2.4program, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 18d.
36	36	2.5 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144G.91, is amended by adding a subdivision to
37	37	2.6read:
38	38	2.7 Subd. 6a.Designated support person.(a) Subject to paragraph (c), an assisted living
39	39	2.8facility must allow, at a minimum, one designated support person chosen by the resident to
40	40	2.9be physically present with the resident while the resident is at the facility.
41	41	2.10 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "designated support person" means any person
42	42	2.11chosen by the resident to provide comfort to the resident, including but not limited to the
43	43	2.12resident's spouse, partner, family member, or another person related by affinity.
44	44	2.13 (c) A facility may restrict or prohibit the presence of a designated support person when
45	45	2.14the restriction or prohibition is strictly necessary to meet the appropriate standard of care
46	46	2.15or when the designated support person is acting in a violent or threatening manner toward
47	47	2.16others. If the facility restricts or prohibits a resident's designated support person from being
48	48	2.17present, the resident may file a complaint or inquiry with the facility according to subdivision
49	49	2.1820.
50	50	2Sec. 2.
51	51	25-03603 as introduced02/18/25 REVISOR SGS/HL