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HF4839 • 2026

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Reyer, Bierman, Pursell, Liebling, Finke, Keeler, Hanson, J., Freiberg, Elkins, Frederick, Vang, Lee, F., Smith, Pinto, Carroll, Gottfried, Klevorn, Frazier, Sencer-Mura, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Mahamoud, Berg, Bahner, Buck, Huot, Youakim, Cha, Hollins, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Luger-Nikolai, Pérez-Vega, Fischer, Feist, Lee, K., Lee, X.
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

What This Bill Does

  • Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Commissioner of health directed to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to health; direction to commissioner of health to join World Health

Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

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

Section 1.
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DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH; JOIN WORLD

HEALTH ORGANIZATION GLOBAL OUTBREAK ALERT AND RESPONSE

NETWORK.
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By September 1, 2026, the commissioner of health must identify the process required

for the Minnesota Department of Health to apply to join the World Health Organization

Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). By December 1, 2026, the

commissioner must take steps necessary for the Minnesota Department of Health to apply

to join GOARN.

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