This bill seeks to enhance crisis services and modify community-based program criteria within Minnesota's human services framework. A significant change is the removal of the 48-hour admission requirement, which previously hindered timely access to necessary services. The bill also introduces technical amendments to support the operations of the Direct Care and Treatment agency, ensuring compliance with current legal standards. Additionally, it amends various sections of Minnesota Statutes to include provisions related to investigative and licensing data, maintaining confidentiality for individuals involved in welfare investigations, and expanding the e-Health Advisory Committee to include a representative from the Direct Care and Treatment executive board. The effective date for these changes is set for July 1, 2025.

Further amendments focus on the management and regulation of health care facilities, including the transfer of licensing authority to the Direct Care and Treatment executive board and the issuance of free fishing licenses to residents of state institutions. The bill emphasizes patient rights, grievance procedures, and conditions for the use of physical restraint and isolation for minors. It also allows health care practitioners to be examined for misconduct and grants the board authority to access medical data without consent under certain conditions. The bill aims to enhance the regulatory framework governing health professionals and ensure public safety, with an effective date of July 1, 2025, for most provisions.

Statutes affected:
Introduction: 13.46, 15.471, 16A.103, 62J.495, 97A.441, 144.53, 144.651, 144A.07, 146A.08, 147.091, 147A.13, 148.10, 148.261, 148.754, 148B.5905, 148F.09, 150A.08, 151.071, 153.21, 153B.70, 168.012, 244.052, 245.50, 245.91, 246.585, 246C.06, 246C.12, 246C.20, 252.291, 252.50, 253B.09, 253B.10, 256.01, 256.019, 256.0281, 256.0451, 256.4825, 256.93, 256.98, 256B.092, 256G.09, 299F.77, 342.04, 352.91, 401.17, 507.071, 611.57, 624.7131, 624.7132, 624.714, 631.40, 246.41