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HF3911 • 2026

Former officers of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorized to reside in state veterans homes.

Former officers of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorized to reside in state veterans homes.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Lee, X., Moller, Xiong, Hansen, R.
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Author added Hansen, R.
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 House

    Author added Hansen, R.

  2. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Official Summary Text

Former officers of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorized to reside in state veterans homes.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to veterans; authorizing certain former officers of the Public Health Service

and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reside in state veterans

homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 198.01.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 198.01, is amended to read:

198.01 VETERANS HOME; ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS.

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(a)
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The Minnesota veterans homes shall provide nursing care and related health and

social services for veterans and their spouses who meet eligibility and admission requirements

of the Minnesota veterans homes. The commissioner may not close a veterans home unless

closure of the home is specifically authorized or required by a law enacted after July 1,

2015.

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(b)
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The word "veteran" as used in this section
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has the meaning provided in
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includes:
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(1) a person who qualifies as a veteran under
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section
197.447
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.
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;
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(2) a person who served on active duty, as defined under United States Code, title 38,

section 101.21(B), as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, and (i) who was

separated under honorable conditions after having served on active duty for 181 consecutive

days or by reason of disability incurred while serving on active duty; or (ii) who has met

the minimum active duty requirement established in Code of Federal Regulations, title 38,

section 3.12a; and

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(3) a person who served on active duty, as defined under United States Code, title 38,

section 101.21(C), as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration and (i) who was separated under honorable conditions after having served

on active duty for 181 consecutive days or by reason of disability incurred while serving

on active duty; or (ii) who has met the minimum active duty requirement established in

Code of Federal Regulations, title 38, section 3.12a.

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