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SF4811 • 2026

Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Dahms
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

What This Bill Does

  • Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Assisted living facility design requirements exemption for certain facilities provision

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to health care facilities; providing an exemption from assisted living facility

design requirements for certain facilities.

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

Section 1.
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EXEMPTION FROM ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS; CITY OF BELVIEW.
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Subdivision 1.

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Direction to commissioner of health.

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The commissioner of health must

approve a provisional license application submitted by an actively licensed nursing home

applying for licensure as an assisted living facility if the nursing home is owned by a

municipality and located in the city of Belview. Applications must be submitted on or before

December 31, 2026.

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Subd. 2.

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Exemption from design requirements.

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An actively licensed nursing home as

described in subdivision 1 is exempt from design requirements under Minnesota Statutes,

section 144G.45, subdivision 4. This exemption does not apply to new construction, as

defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144G.08, subdivision 42.

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