Persons detained in jails provided medications.

A bill for an act

relating to jails; providing medications for persons detained in jails; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 4f.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 4f, is

amended to read:

Subd. 4f.

Provision of medications in correctional facilities.

(a) Correctional facilities

licensed by the commissioner shall administer to confined and incarcerated persons the

same medications prescribed to those individuals prior to their confinement or incarceration
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upon such prescriptions being verified as current and valid by the correctional facility under

a procedure approved by the facility's licensed health care professional
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.

(b) Unless a confined or incarcerated person is subject to
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a Jarvis
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an
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order
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issued under

section 253B.092, subdivision 8,
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that dictates otherwise, paragraph (a) does not apply when:

(1) a licensed health care professional determines
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, after consulting with the licensed

health care professional who prescribed the medication,
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that the prescribed medication is

not medically appropriate for the person based on the person's medical condition or status;
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or
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(2) a licensed health care professional determines a medication that is at least as effective

as the current medication the person is prescribed is available to treat the condition and the

licensed health care professional who prescribed the current medication approves the change

in medications; or

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(3)
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(2)
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the person
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provides written notice to
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informs
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the licensed health care professional

who is responsible for inmate health care at the correctional facility
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or the licensed health

care professional's designee
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that the person no longer desires to take the medication
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and the

decision is documented in the person's medical records
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.

(c) As used in this subdivision, "licensed health care professional" means a physician

licensed under chapter 147, physician assistant licensed under chapter 147A, or advanced

practice registered nurse as defined in section
148.171, subdivision 3
.